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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical Perspective
- Von Willebrand's disease was first described by Erik Adolf von Willebrand, a Finnish paediatrician in 1926.[1][2]
- Dr. Erik Adolf von Willebrand was also the first to differeentiate Von Willebrand's disease from hemophilia.[2]
- Von Willebrand's disease was initially named hereditary pseudohemophilia.[2]
References
- ↑ Template:WhoNamedIt
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lenting PJ, Casari C, Christophe OD, Denis CV (2012). "von Willebrand factor: the old, the new and the unknown". J Thromb Haemost. 10 (12): 2428–37. doi:10.1111/jth.12008. PMID 23020315.