Christoforidis A, Economou M, Athanassiou-Metaxa M. Case reportEpisodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche in a girl with von Willebrand disease. Archives of Medical Science. 2007;3(3):281-283.
APA
Christoforidis, A., Economou, M., & Athanassiou-Metaxa, M. (2007). Case reportEpisodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche in a girl with von Willebrand disease. Archives of Medical Science, 3(3), 281-283.
Chicago
Christoforidis, Athanasios, Marina Economou, and Miranda Athanassiou-Metaxa. 2007. "Case reportEpisodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche in a girl with von Willebrand disease". Archives of Medical Science 3 (3): 281-283.
Harvard
Christoforidis, A., Economou, M., and Athanassiou-Metaxa, M. (2007). Case reportEpisodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche in a girl with von Willebrand disease. Archives of Medical Science, 3(3), pp.281-283.
MLA
Christoforidis, Athanasios et al. "Case reportEpisodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche in a girl with von Willebrand disease." Archives of Medical Science, vol. 3, no. 3, 2007, pp. 281-283.
Vancouver
Christoforidis A, Economou M, Athanassiou-Metaxa M. Case reportEpisodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche in a girl with von Willebrand disease. Archives of Medical Science. 2007;3(3):281-283.
We describe a case of a 14-year-old girl with von Willebrand disease (vWD) and episodes of severe menorrhagia at menarche, necessitating hospitalization and requiring blood transfusions and administration of purified von Willebrand factor. Further episodes of menorrhagia were successfully prevented with the use of oral contraceptives and uterine bleeding at menses was regulated with the combination of nasal desmopressin and tranexamic acid per os.
Keywords
von Willebrand disease, menorrhagia, menarche, contraceptive therapy, case report