von Willebrand's disease (DOID:12531)
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Synonyms: vascular hemophilia; vascular pseudohemophilia; von Willebrand disease; von Willebrand disorder; von Willebrand's-Jurgens' disease; von Willebrand-Jrgens disease
Alt IDs: ICD10CM:D68.0, ICD9CM:286.4, MESH:D014842, NCI:C68677, UMLS_CUI:C0042974
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.