The von Willebrand-Jürgens syndrome (VWJS) type 1 is a common hereditary bleeding disorder with a bleeding tendency located especially in the mucous membranes. Women suffering from VWJS type 1 show menorrhagia and prolonged postoperative bleedings. During pregnancy the clinical presentation varies by the increase of the von Willebrand factors. In this article the laboratory findings and the clinical presentation of patients with VWJS during pregnancy was examined. The necessity of interventions during pregnancy and at the time of delivery was under consideration.
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Hamostaseologie
November 2011
Zentrum für Blutgerinnungsstörungen, MVZ Labor Dr. Reising-Ackermann und Kollegen, Strümpellstraße 40, Leipzig.
The von Willebrand-Jürgens syndrome (VWJS) type 1 is a common hereditary bleeding disorder with a bleeding tendency located especially in the mucous membranes. Women suffering from VWJS type 1 show menorrhagia and prolonged postoperative bleedings. During pregnancy the clinical presentation varies by the increase of the von Willebrand factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBy means of genealogical and laboratory-diagnostic examinations in the district of Magdeburg 59 patients with a von-Willebrand-Jürgens-syndrome and 2 patients with thrombasthenia were detected. On the basis of the laboratory data and the severity of the inclination to haemorrhage in patients with von-Willebrand-Jürgens-syndrome a subdivision into type I (severe from), type I (easy form) and type II was made. The diagnosis was rendered difficult by the appearance of clinically asymptomatic carriers of signs.
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