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Hemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder in which it takes a long time for the blood to clot and abnormal bleeding occurs. This disease affects mostly males. Diseases in this category include: hemophilia A hemophilia B von Willebrand's ...
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Hemophilia is a rare inherited disorder in which the blood does not clot normally. About 18,000 people in the U.S. have hemophilia. Each year, about 400 babies are born with the disorder. Hemophilia usually occurs in males (with very rare exceptions).
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hemophilia.html
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hemophilia.html
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The National Hemophilia Foundation is dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for bleeding and clotting disorders and to preventing the complications of these disorders through education, advocacy and research.
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www.hemophilia.org/
www.hemophilia.org/
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Hemophilia is caused by several different gene abnormalities. The severity of the symptoms of hemophilia A depends on how a particular gene abnormality affects the activity of factor VIII. When the activity is less than 1 percent of normal, episodes of severe bleeding occur and recur for no apparent reason.
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www.hemophilia.org/bdi/bdi_types1.htm
www.hemophilia.org/bdi/bdi_types1.htm
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Haemophilia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haemophilia (also spelled hemophilia in North America, from the Greek haima αἷμα 'blood' and philia φιλος 'friend') is a group of hereditary genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia
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Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder in which your blood doesn't clot normally. ... If you have hemophilia, you may bleed for a longer time than others after an injury. You also may bleed internally, especially in your knees, ankles, and elbows. This bleeding can damage your organs or tissues and may be life threatening.
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www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hemophilia/hemoph...
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hemophilia/hemophilia_what.html
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If you have inherited hemophilia, you're born with the condition. It's caused by a defect in one of the genes that determine how the body makes blood clotting factor VIII or IX. ... What Causes Hemophilia?
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www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hemophilia/hemoph...
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/hemophilia/hemophilia_causes.html
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More than 15,000 people have hemophilia A or hemophilia B in the United States. There are other bleeding disorders where one or more of the clotting factors is missing. People with hemophilia A are missing factor VIII and those with hemophilia B are missing factor IX, others may be missing factors I, II, VII, etc.
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www.ahfinfo.com/ahfinfo/whatishemophilia.html
www.ahfinfo.com/ahfinfo/whatishemophilia.html
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