The bleeding score predicts clinical outcomes and replacement therapy in adults with von Willebrand disease.

B Federici, Augusto; Bucciarelli, Paolo; Castaman, Giancarlo; G Mazzucconi, Maria; Morfini, Massimo; Rocino, Angiola; Schiavoni, Mario; Peyvandi, Flora; Rodeghiero, Francesco; Mannuccio Mannucci, Pier

doi:10.1182/blood-2014-02-557264

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The bleeding score predicts clinical outcomes and replacement therapy in adults with von Willebrand disease.

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Augusto B Federici

Paolo Bucciarelli

Giancarlo Castaman

Abstract

Analyses of the bleeding tendency by means of the bleeding score (BS) have been proposed until now to confirm diagnosis but not to predict clinical outcomes in patients with inherited von Willebrand disease (VWD). We prospectively followed up, for 1 year, 796 Italian patients with different types of...

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