VON-WILLEBRAND DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Authors
Citation
Jt. Wilde et Rj. Cook, VON-WILLEBRAND DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 36(2), 1998, pp. 112-118
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine",Surgery
ISSN journal
02664356
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
112 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-4356(1998)36:2<112:VDAIMI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
von Willebrand disease (vWD) is the most common of the hereditary diso rders of coagulation. We describe the pathophysiology, diagnosis and t he new simplified classification of the disorder and discuss the manag ement of patients about to undergo dental procedures and maxillofacial surgery, Close collaboration between oral and maxillofacial surgeons and haematologists in the management of patients with vWD is essential .