von Willebrand disease

Summary

Background. The study evaluates the current landscape of laboratory diagnostics for bleeding disorders across the Baltic countries, where outdated guidelines (2009–2010) hinder diagnostic accuracy and standardization.

Summary

Summary

Background. The von Willebrand factor activity (VWF:Ac) assay is important in the diagnosis of von Willebrand disease (VWD), but the availability of this test is limited, because manufacturers of analyzers may not offer a possibility to measure VWF:Ac. Thus fully automated VWF:Ac system comprising reagents and analyzer by different manu­facturers was implemented and verification of this ristocetin independent assay was done.