ecosystem The living and non-living parts of the environment in a specific area. (Ecosystems can be really small or really large!) ecology The study of how living things are related each other and to their natural environment. Environment Everything that surrounds an organism and influences it. The study of how living things are related each other and to their natural environment.
Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is almost always inherited. Inherited means that the disorder is passed from parents to children though genes. You can inherit type 1 or type 2 VWD if only one of your parents passes the gene on to you. You usually inherit type 3 VWD only if both of your parents pass the gene on to you.
The most common blood disorders involve defects in the amount or activity of factors involved in coagulation. Differentiate among the hemostasis disorders of Von Willebran disease, hemophilia, and factor V Leiden thrombophilia. Von Willebrand disease is the most common inherited bleeding disorder. It affects both men and women equally. Those affected by von Willebrand disease will have low levels of von Willebrand factor, a protein that helps the blood to clot and/or their von Willebrand factor does not work properly.