Case report reveals diagnostic complexities of type 3 von Willebrand disease in a patient with bleeding symptoms, suggesting the need for awareness.
A BSTRACT Even though von Willebrand disease is the commonest inherited bleeding disorder with a prevalence of 1%, type 3 vWD is the rarest of all vWD cases with a worldwide prevalence of 1 to 2 cases per million population. We report diagnostic work up in this extremely rare case of type 3 vWD patient who presented with bleeding symptoms.
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