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ArticleJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences2023

Clinical and laboratory presentation of von Willebrand disease: Experience from a single center in Saudi Arabia.

Tarek Owaidah, Muhammed Alharbi, Mohammed Mandourah, Mahasen Saleh, Abdulrahman Almusa, Randa Alnounou, Hazza Alzahrani, Haithm Khogeer

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Article in Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tarek OwaidahDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.
Muhammed AlharbiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.
Mohammed MandourahDepartment of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA.
Mahasen SalehDepartment of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.
Abdulrahman AlmusaDepartment of Paediatric Haematology Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.
Randa AlnounouDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, KSA.
Hazza AlzahraniAdult Hematology/HSCT, Oncology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Riyadh, KSA.
Haithm KhogeerAdult Hematology/HSCT, Oncology Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center Riyadh, KSA.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAAlfaisal University · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This study was aimed at assessing the clinical presentations and laboratory findings among patients diagnosed with vWD at a Saudi tertiary care unit. Methods: This retrospective study included 189 patients with vWD who were followed up in our unit over 4 years. Clinical and laboratory data were collected and analyzed in SPSS. Results: The median age of the study cohort was 30 years (range 11 months-56 years). The cohort had a female preponderance, with 32.30% males and 66.70% females. Bleeding from different sites was observed, mostly from the joints and muscles (23.90%), followed by the mucus membranes (14.60%), genitourinary areas (7.70%), ecchymoses (2.80%), and gastrointestinal areas (2.80%). A total of 48% of participants presented with more than one type of bleeding. A total of 105 (58.01%) participants had type 1; 29 (16.02%) had type 2; and 47 (25.96%) had type 3 vWD. Blood tests indicated the following mean value: hemoglobin, 116 ± 25.60 gm/L; ferritin, 75.80 ± 166.80 μg/L (median 28.5); vWAg, 0.40 ± 0.27IU/ml; and vWD:RCo, 0.32 ± 0.20IU/dL. The partial thromboplastin time was prolonged in 49.20% and normal in 50.80% of participants. Platelet function analysis values were prolonged in 92.90% and normal in 7.10% of participants. Comparative analysis of the O-type and non-O blood type showed that blood type O was significantly correlated with factor VIII (p-value = 0.013), vWF:RCo (p-value = 0.004), and vWF:Ag (p-value = 0.019). Conclusion: Joint and muscle bleeds were the most common clinical presentations in our cohort. Although type 1 vWD was most prevalent in our cohort, we observed a comparatively higher prevalence of type 3, possibly because of ethnic differences or referral bias. We found a significant difference between O and non-O blood type regarding FVIII and vWF:Ag, and observed a more pronounced difference for vWD activity measuresd by vWF:RCo with blood type O being the systematic factor.

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ABOBlood groupHemostatic profilesSaudi ArabiavWDvWF

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PMID37102076
PMCPMC10124135
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