Management of delivery with FVIII/VWF concentrates in a pregnant woman with type 3 von Willebrand disease and alloantibodies

Mónica Martín-Salces; Víctor Jiménez-Yuste; María Teresa Álvarez-Román; Isabel Rivas-Pollmar; Ana Rodríguez de la Rúa

doi:10.1160/TH12-03-0136

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2012; 108(04): 796-798
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-03-0136

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Management of delivery with FVIII/VWF concentrates in a pregnant woman with type 3 von Willebrand disease and alloantibodies

Authors

Mónica Martín-Salces

¹Haematology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Víctor Jiménez-Yuste

¹Haematology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
María Teresa Álvarez-Román

¹Haematology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Isabel Rivas-Pollmar

¹Haematology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Ana Rodríguez de la Rúa

¹Haematology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain

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