von Willebrand's disease

Term ID

DOID:12531

Synonyms

• vascular hemophilia
• vascular pseudohemophilia
• von Willebrand disease
• von Willebrand disorder
• von Willebrand's-Jurgens' disease
• von Willebrand-Jrgens disease

Definition

A blood coagulation disease that is a hereditary abnormality which slows the blood clotting process. It arises from a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor (vWF), a multimeric protein that is required for platelet adhesion. (2)

References

• GARD:7867
• ICD10CM:D68.0
• ICD9CM:286.4
• MESH:D014842
• NCI:C68677
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:11093006
• UMLS_CUI:C0042974

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:12531 )