Term Name: von Willebrand's disease
Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, vascular pseudohemophilia, von Willebrand disease, von Willebrand disorder, von Willebrand's-Jurgens' disease, von Willebrand-Jrgens disease
Definition: 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.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:12531]   ( DOID:12531 )

Relationships
is a type of: hemophilia
has subtype: von Willebrand's disease 1 von Willebrand's disease 2 von Willebrand's disease 3