Annals of Hematology

, Volume 93, Issue 1, pp 173–175 | Cite as

An atypical manifestation of acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

  • Priyanka Kasatkar
  • Kanjaksha Ghosh
  • Shrimati Shetty
Letter to the Editor
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Keywords

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Lupus Anticoagulant Patient Plasma Lupus Anticoagulant Coagulation Factor Deficiency 
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Notes

Acknowledgments

The study was partly supported by Lady Tata Junior Research Fellowship granted to one of the authors (PK).

Ethical approval and informed consent

All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

Conflict of interest

There is no financial relationship with the organization which sponsored the research. The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Priyanka Kasatkar
    • 1
  • Kanjaksha Ghosh
    • 1
  • Shrimati Shetty
    • 1
  1. 1.National Institute of Immunohaematology (ICMR)KEM HospitalMumbaiIndia

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