title: Von Willebrand disease in the United States: a perspective from Wisconsin.
abstract: Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a common bleeding disorder with prevalence in the United States of 0.01 to 1% and a prevalence in the region around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, of at least 0.025%. Care of local patients with VWD primarily occurs through our comprehensive treatment centers, although some patients are managed solely by their primary care physician or community hematologist. Type 1 VWD is the most common subtype, with more females carrying this diagnosis than males. Diagnosis and treatment in general follows guidelines outlined by the National Institutes of Health. An ongoing study, the Zimmerman Program for the Molecular and Clinical Biology of VWD, is currently enrolling patients with all VWD subtypes across the United States to better delineate the extent of VWD and correlate bleeding symptoms with laboratory findings and VWF ( Von Willebrand factor) sequence variations. Results so far have shown that  VWF gene polymorphisms are common, particularly in African Americans, and may affect laboratory assays of VWF function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin 53201-2178, USA. vflood@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Veronica H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.forename: Joan Cox
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bellissimo
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Haberichter
authors.forename: Robert R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D014481:United States; D014922:Wisconsin; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014841:von Willebrand Factor
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