title: VWF propeptide in defining VWD subtypes.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Sanders and coworkers define the pathophysiology of types 1, 2, and 3 von Willebrand disease (VWD) in the Willebrand in the Netherlands (WiN) study by using the ratios of von Willebrand factor propeptide (VWFpp) or factor VIII activity to VWF antigen.
authors.affiliation: BLOODCENTER OF WISCONSIN.
authors.forename: Sandra L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Haberichter
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D014841:von Willebrand Factor