(in alphabetical order)

Kenneth FRIEDMANN, MD Co-Investigator Blood Center of Wisconsin Postal address:   638 North 18th Street WI 53201 Milwaukee United States phone:   +1 414 937 6494 e-mail:

James N. GEORGE, MD Co-Investigator University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Medicine Postal address:   PO Box 26901 73126-0901 Oklahoma United States phone:   +1 405 271 4222 e-mail:   james-george@ouhsc.edu

Ingrid HRACHOVINOVA, PhD Co-Investigator Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Coagulation Laboratory Postal address:   U nemocnice 1 CZ-12820 Prague 2 Czech Republic phone:   +420 2 2197 271 e-mail:

Paul N. KNÖBL, MD Co-Investigator Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine 1, Div. Hematology and Hemostasis Postal address:   Waehringer Guertel 18-20 A-1090 Vienna Austria phone:   +43 1 40400 4410 fax:   +43 1 40495 17446 e-mail:

Johanna A. KREMER HOVINGA, MD Principal Investigator Bern University Hospital and the University of Bern, University Clinic of Hematology & Central Hematology Laboratory Postal address:   Freiburgstrasse 3010 Bern Switzerland phone:   +41 31 632 02 65 fax:   +41 31 632 18 82 e-mail:

Bernhard LÄMMLE, MD Co-Investigator University Medical Center, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis Postal address:   Langenbeckstr. 1 55131 Mainz Germany phone:   +49 6131 178277 e-mail:

Anne-Sophie von KROGH Co-Investigator Trondheim University St Olavs Hospital, Department of Hematology Postal address:   PO Box 3250 NO-7006 Sluppen Norway phone:   +47 72825367 e-mail:   anne-sophie.v.krogh@ntnu.no

Masanori MATSUMOTO, MD Co-Investigator Nara Medical University, Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine Postal address:   Shijyo-cho 840 634-8522 Kashihara City, Nara Japan phone:   +81 744 22 3051 (3289) fax:   +81 744 29 0771 e-mail:

Reinhard SCHNEPPENHEIM, MD PhD Co-Investigator University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Postal address:   Martinistr 52 D-20246 Hamburg Germany phone:   +49 40 7410 54270 e-mail: