von Willebrand's disease

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(medicine) An hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity.

Japanese Meaning

フォン・ウィルブランド病：遺伝的に引き起こされ、血小板の機能欠損によって出血傾向がみられる疾患

術前評価の際、担当チームは患者が血小板の機能欠損による遺伝性の出血性疾患（フォン・ヴィレブランド病）であることを確認し、出血リスクを減らすために計画を調整しました。

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(medicine) An hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity.

"Von Willebrand's disease is an autosomally transmitted disorder of hemostasis caused by a deficiency of or defect in the von Willebrand factor in the blood, a protein required for adherence of platelets to an injured vessel wall." - D. Green. Von Willebrand's disease. Postgraduate Medicine. 1980 Mar;67(3):241-5, 248. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=6965541