Examples of Hemophilia in the following topics:
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- Von Willebrand disease is similar to hemophilia in that it involves a deficiency in the ability of blood to clot properly.
- Hemophilia is a disease where there is a low levels of, or none, of a blood protein important for clotting, causing an inability to produce blood clots.
- Hemophilia is a recessive, sex-linked inheritable disorder, which is more common in men than women.
- The second leading cause of death related to severe hemophilia complications is intracranial hemorrhage, which today accounts for one-third of all deaths of patients with hemophilia.
- Differentiate among the hemostasis disorders of Von Willebran disease, hemophilia, and factor V Leiden thrombophilia