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HEMOPHILIA A - A sex-linked genetic disease [affecting males] that results from a deficiency of clotting factor VIII, a protein factor that is required for normal blood coagulation.
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Hemophilia A
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Hemophilia A is a hereditary blood coagulation (clotting) disorder. It is caused by a deficient activity of plasma protein factor VIII, which affects the clotting property of blood.
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Hemophilia A - Hemophilia A is a disorder where the blood cannot clot properly due to a deficiency of a clotting factor called Factor VIII. This results in abnormally heavy bleeding that will not stop, even from a small cut.
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Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Factor II deficiency
Factor V deficiency
Factor VII deficiency
Factor X deficiency
Factor XII deficiency
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia ...
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Hemophilia A occurs when clotting factor 8 is low or missing.
Hemophilia B happens when factor 9 is low or missing.
Hemophilia C, a much rarer form, occurs when factor 11 is low or missing.
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Congenital Factor VIII Deficiency (Hemophilia A)
Congenital Pernicious Anemia (Congenital Lack of Intrinsic Factor)
Congenital Lack of Intrinsic Factor
Consumption Coagulopathy (Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation)
Cooley's Anemia (Thalassemia) ...
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High-risk mothers include women married to bisexual men or men who have an abnormal blood condition called hemophilia and require blood transfusions, intravenous drug users, ...
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Examples of X-linked conditions associated with increased maternal grandfather's age include fragile X, hemophilia A (factor VIII deficiency), hemophilia B (factor IX deficiency), Duchenne muscular dystrophy, incontinentia pigmenti, Hunter syndrome, ...
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Thanks to medical advances over the past 15 years, boys with hemophilia are now able to attend school and engage in physical activities, although some limitations are necessary in the most severe cases.
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NovoSeven (coagulation factor VIIa [recombinant]) A genetically engineered blood clotting protein indicated for the treatment of bleeding episodes in hemophilia A or B patients who have developed antibodies to coagulation factors VIII or IX.
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Are a health care worker who has been exposed to infected blood
Received clotting factor concentrates before 1987 or have the clotting disease hemophilia and received blood before 1992
Are receiving hemodialysis for kidney failure ...
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A hemophiliac cannot pass the disease to his sons, but all his daughters will be carriers. There are two diseases usually classified as hemophilia: hemophilia A (classical hemophilia, or Factor VIII deficiency) and hemophilia B (Christmas disease, ...
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A drop in the concentration of any of these factors will cause the blood to take longer to clot. The PT test is used in combination with the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test to screen for hemophilia and other hereditary clotting disorders.
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