Treatment of Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome and Prevention of Bleeding Postautologous Stem Cell Transplant during Severe Pancytopenia with IVIG

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(a) Factor VIII level started to rise 4 days after transplant and slowly tapered off and stayed elevated up to 100 days after transplant. (b) Despite the fact that patient had severe thrombocytopenia by day +10 after transplant, no bleeding episodes were noted. (a) At the same time, the level of Factor VIII was the highest level which provided the protective role on bleeding prevention.

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