TY - JOUR AU - Grover, Neetu AU - Boama, Vincent AU - Chou, Munazzah Rifat PY - 2013 DA - 2013/01/17 TI - Pseudo (Platelet-type) von Willebrand disease in pregnancy: a case report JO - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth SP - 16 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Pseudo (platelet-type)-von Willebrand disease is a rare autosomal dominant bleeding disorder caused by an abnormal function of the glycoprotein lb protein; the receptor for von Willebrand factor. This leads to an increased removal of VWF multimers from the circulation as well as platelets and this results in a bleeding diathesis. Worldwide, less than 50 patients are reported with platelet type von Willebrand disease (PT-VWD). SN - 1471-2393 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-16 DO - 10.1186/1471-2393-13-16 ID - Grover2013 ER -