Abstract
Studies of von Willebrand's disease typically show either a quantitative or a qualitative abnormality of the factor VIII/von Willebrand factor protein. In studies of five patients we found a combination of quantitative and qualitative defects. Quantitative abnormalities included decreased levels of procoagulant, antigen and von Willebrand factor activities in the plasma and in the column fractions of cryopercipitate from gel chromatography. Qualitative abnormalities included annormal migration or shape of the crossed antigen-antibody arcs, disproportionate reduction of von Willebrand factor in relation to antigen, altered gel elution patterns of procoagulant, and von Willebrand factor activities the negative carbohydrate stain of the VIII protein on polyacryl-amide-gel electrophoresis and, in two patients, a decreased sialic acid content of factor VIII protein. Our studies indicate that von Willebrand's disease comprises both quantitative and qualitative defects.
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