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Why do inhibitors develop? Principles of and factors influencing the risk for inhibitor development in haemophilia.
Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia - 1 Jul 2006
Astermark J
Abstract excerpt
The formation of inhibitory alloantibodies is, in the postinfectious era, the most severe and costly complication of replacement therapy in patients with haemophilia. The complexity of the immune response to the infused factor becomes more and more obvious as knowledge in the area increases. Antibodies develop as a result of a complex multi-factorial interaction between antigen-presenting cells, T- and...
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