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ArticleHaemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia2025

Ratio of Von Willebrand Collagen Binding Assay and Von Willebrand Antigen Can Predict Multimer Size in Von Willebrand Disease.

Adrian Kimiaei, Iva Pruner, Maria Farm, Margareta Holmström, Natali Karandyszowska, Maria Bruzelius, Jovan Antovic, Anna Ågren

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Adrian KimiaeiDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8367-4217
Iva PrunerCenter for Clinical and Translational Research, the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Maria FarmDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Margareta HolmströmDepartment of Hematology, Coagulation Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Natali KarandyszowskaDepartment of Hematology, Coagulation Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria BruzeliusDepartment of Hematology, Coagulation Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jovan AntovicDepartment of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna ÅgrenDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

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backgroundVon Willebrand disease (vWD) is a common bleeding disorder with different subtypes. Laboratory diagnosis is challenging, involving several expensive and complex assays. The von Willebrand factor (vWF) collagen binding assay (VWF:CB) has been described to improve the diagnosis of vWD, but there is a lack of consensus and its implementation into guidelines and diagnostic algorithms is incomplete.

methodsA cohort of 88 patients with inherited vWD and 10 patients investigated for vWD due to a bleeding phenotype were recruited and underwent analysis of vWF multimers, vWF antigen (VWF:Ag) and VWF:CB. The total bleeding score (BS) was calculated by using the bleeding assessment tool recommended by the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. An optimal VWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio cutoff for differentiating between patients with all multimer sizes and those lacking high molecular weight multimers (HMWM) was established, and the findings were validated in a separate retrospective clinical data cohort. The association between VWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio and BS was also assessed.

resultsVWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio was a very good discriminator of HMWM presence, yielding a sensitivity of 1.0 and a specificity of 0.79 at the optimal cutoff in the validation dataset. VWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio was a significant predictor of BS (R

conclusionVWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio is a significant predictor of BS and multimer analysis can be safely omitted in patients with vWD and a VWF:CB/VWF:Ag ratio above 0.6, confirming the VWF:CB assay as an important contributor to vWD diagnosis.

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Collagenvon Willebrand Diseasesvon Willebrand FactorAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProtein MultimerizationRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultCollagenVon Willebrand antigenvon Willebrand Factorbleedingblood coagulationlaboratory diagnosisvon Willebrand diseasevon Willebrand factor

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