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Acta bioquímica clínica latinoamericana
versión impresa ISSN 0325-2957versión On-line ISSN 1851-6114
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WOODS, Adriana Inés et al. Von Willebrand Factor and von Willebrand disease: new approaches to diagnosis. Acta bioquím. clín. latinoam. [online]. 2016, vol.50, n.2, pp.273-289. ISSN 0325-2957.
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a glycoprotein with essential roles in both primary and secondary hemostasis, synthesized by endothelial cells and megakaryocytes. Its half-life is ~12 hours. VWF consists in multimers of different molecular weight: small, intermediate, large and ultra large. The functional activity resides in the large multimers; the ultra large are thrombogenic. VWF promotes platelet adhesion to subendothelium, platelet aggregation and binds FVIII, protecting it from proteolysis and preserving its hemostatic function. Von Willebrand disease is the most common bleeding disorder; qualitative defects (VWD2A, VWD2M, VWD2B and VWD2N) and quantitative deficiencies (VWD1 and VWD3) are described. The clinical expression is variable (mucocutaneous bleeding); VWF levels depend on genetic and non-genetic factors affecting diagnosis and clinical expression. The inheritance can be autosomal, dominant or recessive according to the variants. To reach diagnosis, several tests are required, being some of them unspecific. The laboratory testing begins with global tests, followed by confirmatory tests and further tests to define the variant of VWD. Genotypic studies are essential to achieve the differential diagnosis between VWD2B vs. PT-VWD, VWD2N vs. Hemophilia A (mild to moderate) and differentiate VWD from AVWS and discriminate VWD2 variants.
Palabras clave : Von Willebrand factor; Von Willebrand disease; Phenotypic diagnosis; Genotypic diagnosis.