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CASRN: 109319-16-6
Drug Levels and Effects
Summary of Use during Lactation
No information is available on the clinical use of von Willebrand factor during breastfeeding. Because it is a large protein molecule, the amount in milk is likely to be very low and absorption is unlikely because it is probably destroyed in the infant's gastrointestinal tract. Until more data become available, von Willebrand factor should be used with caution during breastfeeding, especially while nursing a newborn or preterm infant.
Drug Levels
Maternal Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Infant Levels. Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Effects in Breastfed Infants
Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Effects on Lactation and Breastmilk
Relevant published information was not found as of the revision date.
Substance Identification
Substance Name
Von Willebrand Factor
CAS Registry Number
109319-16-6
Drug Class
- Breast Feeding
- Lactation
- Blood Coagulation Factors
- Coagulants
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- Quantitative assay of a plasma factor deficient in von Willebrand's disease that is necessary for platelet aggregation. Relationship to factor VIII procoagulant activity and antigen content.[J Clin Invest. 1973]Quantitative assay of a plasma factor deficient in von Willebrand's disease that is necessary for platelet aggregation. Relationship to factor VIII procoagulant activity and antigen content.Weiss HJ, Hoyer LW, Rickles FR, Varma A, Rogers J. J Clin Invest. 1973 Nov; 52(11):2708-16.
- Development of an inhibitor specific to factor VIII: coagulant activity in a patient with platelet-type von Willebrand's disease.[Am J Clin Pathol. 1983]Development of an inhibitor specific to factor VIII: coagulant activity in a patient with platelet-type von Willebrand's disease.Castella A, Miller JL, Neuberg RW, Gawryl MS, Hoyer LW. Am J Clin Pathol. 1983 Nov; 80(5):745-9.
- Platelet adhesion to collagen in subtypes of type I von Willebrand's disease is dependent on platelet von Willebrand factor.[Thromb Haemost. 1990]Platelet adhesion to collagen in subtypes of type I von Willebrand's disease is dependent on platelet von Willebrand factor.d'Alessio P, Zwaginga JJ, de Boer HC, Federici AB, Rodeghiero F, Castaman G, Mariani G, Mannucci PM, de Groot PG, Sixma JJ. Thromb Haemost. 1990 Oct 22; 64(2):227-31.
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