"platelet adhesion: vWF binds to exposed collagen, which allows binding of GpIb, resulting in platelet adhesion"
"platelet aggregation: vWF on adhered activated platelets irreversibly binds to GpIIb/IIIa to form the initial platelet plug"
"coagulation: vWF binds and stabilises factor VIII in the clotting cascade, prolonging its half-life"
"It is named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand (1870-1949), Finnish physician and medical professor, who first described von Williebrand disease in 1926 2."
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"Physiology"