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Haemophilia or hemophilia is the name of any of several hereditary genetic illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding. Genetic deficiencies (or, very rarely, an autoimmune disorder) cause lowered plasma clotting factor activity so as to compromise blood-clotting; when a blood vessel is injured, a scab will not form and the vessel can continue to bleed excessively for a very long period of time. The bleeding can be external, if the skin is broken by a scrape, cut or abrasio ...
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Hemophilia Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Library of Medicine
- National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
- Dolan DNA Learning Center
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Hemophilia Foundation http://www.hemophilia.org/
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- World Federation of Hemophilia http://www.wfh.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Genetics Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
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