von Willebrand's disease

A hemophilia that is a hereditary abnormality which slows the blood clotting process. It arises from a qualitative or quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor (vWF), a multimeric protein that is required for platelet adhesion.

Medications that may treat it

desmopressin factor VIII

Also known as: vascular hemophilia; vascular pseudohemophilia; von Willebrand disease; von Willebrand disorder; von Willebrand's-Jurgens' disease