2015 AACC

Industry Workshop Theater: Laboratory Diagnosis of von Willebrand Disease (Room Exhibit Hall - Theater 1)

28 Jul 15
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Industry Workshop Theater

Speaker(s): Larry Smith, Director, Congulation Lab, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

von Willebrand Disease (VWD) is the most common congentital bleeding disorder in the world affecting both males and females equally.  This session will review current classification criteria for vWD, review structure and function of the von Willebrand factor protein, and discuss various laboratory assays used to diagnose vWD.