Pregnancy in platelet-type VWD: A case series

David O’Connor; William Lester; Sara Willoughby; Jonathan T. Wilde

doi:10.1160/TH11-02-0108

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2011; 106(02): 386-387
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-02-0108

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Pregnancy in platelet-type VWD: A case series

David O’Connor

¹West Midlands Adult Comprehensive Care Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

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William Lester

¹West Midlands Adult Comprehensive Care Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

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Sara Willoughby

²Department of Haematology, Hereford County Hospital, Hereford, UK

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Jonathan T. Wilde

¹West Midlands Adult Comprehensive Care Haemophilia Centre, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

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