False normal von Willebrand factor activity by monoclonal antibody-based ELISA in a patient with type 2A(IID) von Willebrand disease

Sufian Ahmad; Beverly Ptashkin; Cara DiGiovanni; Douglas B. Cines; Barbara A. Konkle; Adam Cuker

doi:10.1160/TH11-07-0484

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2011; 106(06): 1224-1225
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-07-0484

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False normal von Willebrand factor activity by monoclonal antibody-based ELISA in a patient with type 2A(IID) von Willebrand disease

Sufian Ahmad

¹Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Beverly Ptashkin

²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Cara DiGiovanni

²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Douglas B. Cines

¹Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Barbara A. Konkle

³Puget Sound Blood Center, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Adam Cuker

¹Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

²Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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