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S4 Ep64: Von Willebrand Disease

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How to Interpret a Von Wylabrand Factor Level

The Von Wylabrand factor is a combination of antigen and activity. It's the ratio between the two percentages. One, then we're at type one. If you have it like less than point seven, then it's type two. So in this patient where the antigen level percentage is 25% and the activity level is 25%. And therefore the ratio is one. We can say that there is no qualitative deficit because the ratio is 1. But because these percentages are under 50% that there is a quantitative deficit or a type one Von Wylaberand is that yeah, reasonable, excellent. The other lab that we have is factor eight. And we're going to say that the

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