von Willebrand's disease

von Wil·le·brand's disease  (vn wl-brndz, fôn vl-bränts)

n.

A hereditary disease characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, caused by a deficiency or abnormality of the blood proteins that control platelet activity.

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[After Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870-1949), Finnish physician.]

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von Willebrand's disease - a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding angiohemophilia, vascular hemophilia bleeder's disease, haemophilia, hemophilia - congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son