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Willebrand

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Noun1.Willebrand - Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)Willebrand - Finnish physician who first described vascular hemophilia (1870-1949)
E. A. von Willebrand, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Erik von Willebrand, von Willebrand
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To achieve the proper balance, the body relies on a largely mechanical feedback system that relies on the miniscule forces applied by the circulation system on a molecular "force sensor" known as the A2 domain of the blood clotting protein von Willebrand factor (VWF).
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Three common bleeding disorders are hemophilia A, hemophilia B and von Willebrand Disease.
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But Bart's Hospital consultant Dr Drew Provan said: "She may have a clotting disorder - Type II von Willebrand disease - and must see a coagulation doctor.
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