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ArticleResearch and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis2025

Intraindividual variability of von Willebrand factor and the need for repeated testing.

Malene Helligsø Kirkeby, Johanne Andersen Højbjerg, Anders Mønsted Abildgaard, Julie Brogaard Larsen

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Malene Helligsø KirkebyDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
Johanne Andersen HøjbjergDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
Anders Mønsted AbildgaardDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
Julie Brogaard LarsenDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

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Background: Diagnosing von Willebrand disease (VWD) is complicated by intraindividual variation of von Willebrand factor (VWF). Current guidelines define VWD as VWF antigen (VWF:Ag) or VWF activity of <0.30 or <0.50 × 10 Objectives: This study aimed to examine the intraindividual variation of VWF antigen (VWF:Ag), platelet-binding activity (VWF:GPIbR), and collagen-binding activity (VWF:CB) by use of routine patient data and to define cutoffs for reliably excluding VWD based on a single sample. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we extracted patient results of VWF:Ag, VWF:GPIbR, and VWF:CB analyzed at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, Aarhus University Hospital, from January 2013 to January 2024 and calculated total and nonanalytical coefficient of variation (CV Results: We found a CV Conclusion: We found considerable intraindividual VWF variation in patients referred for VWF testing. Our results confirm that repeated testing is crucial when VWF is low in the normal range to prevent false rejection of a true VWD diagnosis.

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reproducibility of resultsvon Willebrand diseasesvon Willebrand factor

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