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322.O2.6 Von Willebrand Disease and Other Coagulation Disorders

Monday, December 8, 2008: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
3020-3022-3024 - West (Moscone Center)
Moderators:
Nicole Hasbrouck and W. Keith Hoots, MD
11:00 AM
Annexin A2 Deficient Mice Are Resistant to Pathogenic Effects of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Vivo

Zurina Romay-Penabad, Ph.D.1*, Guadalupe Montiel-Manzano, M.S.1*, Elizabeth Pappalardo, B.S.1*, Katherine A. Hajjar, MD2, Tuya Shilagard, Ph.D.3*, Gracie Vargas, Ph.D.3* and Silvia S Pierangeli, Ph.D.1

1Rheumatology/Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
2Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
3Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

11:15 AM
Hereditary Deficiencies of Protein C or Protein S Confer Increased Risk of Arterial Thromboembolic Events at Young Age. Results from a Large Family Cohort Study

Bakhtawar Khan Mahmoodi*, Jan-Leendert P. Brouwer*, Nic J.G.M. Veeger* and Jan van der Meer*

Division of Hemostasis, Thrombosis and Rheology, Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

11:30 AM
Unique ELISA-Based Assays for VWF-GPIb Interactions and the Impact of Racial Differences on VWF Testing

Veronica H. Flood, MD, Patricia A. Morateck*, Pamela A. Christopherson*, Kenneth D. Friedman, MD, Joan Cox Gill, MD*, Robert R. Montgomery, MD and The Zimmerman Program Investigators*

TS Zimmerman Program for the Molecular and Clinical Biology of VWD, Blood Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

11:45 AM
Characterisation of W1745C and S1783A, Two Novel Collagen Binding Defects in the A3 Domain of Von Willebrand Factor

Anne Riddell1*, Keith Gomez1*, Carolyn Millar1*, G. Mellars1*, Simon A Brown1*, Saher Gill2*, Michael Laffan3 and Thomas A J McKinnon2*

1Hemophilia Ctr. & Thrombosis Unit, The Royalfree Hospital, London, United Kingdom
2Haematology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
3Dept. of Hematology, Imperial College School of Med., London

12:00 PM
Bleeding Scores in Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) Re-Visited: Analysis of the TS Zimmerman Program for the Molecular and Clinical Biology of VWD

Joan Cox Gill, MD, Pamela A Christopherson*, Veronica H Flood, MD*, Kenneth D Friedman, MD, Robert R. Montgomery, MD and The Zimmerman Program Investigators*

TS Zimmerman Program for the Molecular and Clinical Biology of VWD, Blood Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

12:15 PM
Similarity in Joint Function Limitation in Type 3 VWD and Moderate Hemophilia A

Suman Sood, MD1*, Adam Cuker, MD1*, Chengbin Wang, Ph.D.2*, Ara Metjian, MD3, Elaine Y Chiang1*, J. Michael Soucie, Ph.D.2*, Barbara A. Konkle, MD1 and Htcn Investigators4*

1Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2Division of Blood Disorders, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
3Division of Hematology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
4Hemophilia Treatment Center, Multiple Institutions, Multiple Cities

*signifies non-member of ASH