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If the bleeding is severe, ask to be screened for von Willebrand disease.

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It is also the most common symptom of von Willebrand disease, an inherited bleeding disorder see p.

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If the bleeding is extremely heavy, ask your health care provider to test you for von Willebrand disease, the most common inherited bleeding disorder see p.

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STIs and, 273, 281, 288 see also menstrual cycle; von Willebrand disease blood clots:

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Unlike currently available treatments for von Willebrand disease that are derived from human plasma, Baxter's investigational rVWF does not contain blood-based additives.

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Research has suggested that as many as 9 out of 10 people with von Willebrand disease have not been diagnosed.

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And the other pipeline would be the recombinant von Willebrand factor, have you started the clinicals there?

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The Phase I, 32 patient study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic profile of rVWF versus plasma-derived von Willebrand factor pdVWF, the current standard for treatment for patients with the disease.

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It is currently the only recombinant replacement protein in clinical development for von Willebrand disease.

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It is estimated that up to one percent of the world's population suffers from von Willebrand disease, but because many people have only mild symptoms, they may not know they have the condition.

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