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WHAT IS VON WILLEBRAND
FACTOR?
 VWF
is a large adhesive glycoprotein
 Synthesized at two sites: endothelial
cells and megakaryocytes
 Stored in endothelium and platelet
alpha granules
 Composed of variable multimers
 vWF gene is located on the short
arm of chromosome 12