American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 12.e1-12.e8, July 2009

Von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders in women: consensus on diagnosis and management from an international expert panel

  • Andra H. James, MD

      Affiliations

    • Women's Hemostasis and Thrombosis Clinic, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Andra H. James, MD, Women's Hemostasis and Thrombosis Clinic, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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  • Peter A. Kouides, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY
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  • Rezan Abdul-Kadir, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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  • Mans Edlund, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danderyds Sjukhus AB, Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Augusto B. Federici, MD

      Affiliations

    • Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia Thrombosis Centre, IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Mangiagalli and Regina Elena Foundation and University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Susan Halimeh, MD

      Affiliations

    • MVZ Labor Duisburg GmbH, Clinical Consultations for Coagulation and Haemophilia Disease, Duisburg, Germany
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  • Pieter W. Kamphuisen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Barbara A. Konkle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Penn Comprehensive Hemophilia and Thrombosis Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Oscar Martínez-Perez, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gineguirurgica S.L., Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
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  • Claire McLintock, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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  • Flora Peyvandi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Haemophilia Thrombosis Centre, IRCCS Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Mangiagalli and Regina Elena Foundation & University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Rochelle Winikoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • CHU Ste-Justine, Montreal, University of Montreal, QC, Canada

Received 14 September 2008; received in revised form 5 March 2009; accepted 9 April 2009. published online 01 June 2009.

Reproductive tract bleeding in women is a naturally occurring event during menstruation and childbirth. In women with menorrhagia, however, congenital bleeding disorders historically have been underdiagnosed. This consensus is intended to allow physicians to better recognize bleeding disorders as a cause of menorrhagia and consequently offer effective disease-specific therapies.

Key words: coagulation factor, menorrhagia, postpartum hemorrhage, von Willebrand disease, von Willebrand factor

 

 Financial support for this meeting was provided by CSL Behring, Marburg, Germany.

 Cite this article as: James AH, Kouides PA, Abdul-Kadir R, et al. Von Willebrand disease and other bleeding disorders in women: consensus on diagnosis and management from an international expert panel. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:12.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00410-4

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.024

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 12.e1-12.e8, July 2009

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