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Environmental risk factors for inhibitor development in children with haemophilia A: a case-control study.
British journal of haematology - 1 Aug 2005
Santagostino Elena, Mancuso Maria Elisa, Rocino Angiola, Mancuso Giacomo, Mazzucconi Maria Gabriella, Tagliaferri Annarita, Messina Maria, Mannucci Pier Mannuccio
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This case-control study investigated the interactions between genetic and environmental factors and inhibitor development in 108 children with haemophilia A exclusively treated with recombinant factor VIII (FVIII). Sixty patients with inhibitors were compared with 48 inhibitor-free controls. Family history of inhibitors and null mutations in the FVIII gene were more prevalent in cases than in controls (20% vs....
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