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Haemophilia (British English), or hemophilia (American English) [6] (from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma) 'blood' and φιλία (philía) 'love of'), [7] is a mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding.
Haemophilia B, also spelled hemophilia B, is a blood clotting disorder causing easy bruising and bleeding due to an inherited mutation of the gene for factor IX, and resulting in a deficiency of factor IX. It is less common than factor VIII deficiency (haemophilia A). [3] Haemophilia B was first recognized as a distinct disease entity in 1952. [4]
It is the fourth most common coagulation disorder after von Willebrand's disease and haemophilia A and B. In the United States, it is thought to affect 1 in 100,000 of the adult population, making it 10% as common as haemophilia A. [1] [5]
In honor of World Hemophilia Day, Yahoo Life spoke with two hematologists about hemophilia and common myths about the rare blood-clotting disorder.
Acquired haemophilia A (AHA) is a rare but potentially life-threatening bleeding disorder characterized by autoantibodies directed against coagulation factor VIII.These autoantibodies constitute the most common spontaneous inhibitor to any coagulation factor and may induce spontaneous bleeding in patients with no previous history of a bleeding disorder.
(Reuters) -High cost, logistical issues and the prospect of potential treatment advances are holding back adoption of the first gene therapies for hemophilia, experts said this week during the ...
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In 1998, the NHF convened the first Women with Bleeding Disorders Task Force, to address the difficulties women had in getting proper treatment. [5] In 2008, former NHF Board Chair and health advocate Val Bias became the group's CEO. [6] In 2013, actress and comedian Alex Borstein became the NHF's spokesperson for genetic testing. [7]