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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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- Bleeding Disorders (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Bleeding Disorders: Financial and Insurance Issues (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Bleeding Disorders: Glossary (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Coagulation Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hemophilia A (National Institutes of Health)
- Factor I Deficiency (Afibrinogenemia) (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Factor II Deficiency (Prothrombin) (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Factor V Deficiency (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Factor VII Deficiency (Proconvertin or Stable Factor) (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Factor XIII Deficiency (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Find a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist (American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
- Frequently Asked Questions: Hemophilia (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Gene Therapy (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Genes and Disease: Hemophilia A (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genetics Home Reference: Hemophilia (Genetics Home Reference)
- Global Treatment Center Directory (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Growing up with Hemophilia - Adolescence (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Growing up with Hemophilia - Babies (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Growing up with Hemophilia - Going to School (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Growing up with Hemophilia - Toddlers and Preschool Children (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Hemophilia (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Hemophilia (Medline Plus)
- Hemophilia (MayoClinic)
- Hemophilia (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Hemophilia (University of Maryland Medical Center)
- Hemophilia A (Factor VIII Deficiency) (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Hemophilia B (Factor IX Deficiency) (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- Hemophilia in Pictures (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- Hemophilia Treatment Centers (National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention)
- Hemophilia: Facts for Families (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- How to Deal with Hemophilia (Nemours Foundation)
- Information for Teachers and Childcare Providers (National Hemophilia Foundation)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Hemophilia Foundation
- New Recombinant Antihemophilic Factor Licensed (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Prothrombin 20210 Mutation (Factor II Mutation) (American Heart Association)
- Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund: Frequently Asked Questions (Health Resources and Services Administration)
- Symptoms and Diagnosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Tips for Travellers (World Federation of Hemophilia)
- What is Hemophilia? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)
- World Federation of Hemophilia
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