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VWD patient case: 63-year old man
Speakers: Timea Szanto and Riitta Lassila
In this video Timea Szanto (Finland) and Riitta Lassila (Finland) discuss the patient case of a 63-year-old man who was diagnosed with type 2 von Willebrand disease at the age of 10 years and had not had many recent bleeding issues. However, in the last year, he had been experiencing unusual gastrointestinal bleeding episodes as well as iron deficiency anaemia. The experts discuss the results of further diagnostic investigations and the potential treatment strategies to manage this patient’s change in condition.