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Low prevalence of the factor V Leiden mutation among "severe" hemophiliacs with a "milder" bleeding diathesis.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Nov 1995
Arbini A A, Mannucci P M, Bauer K A
Abstract excerpt
Patients with hemophilia A and B and factor levels than 1 percent of normal bleed frequently with an average number of spontaneous bleeding episodes of 20-30 or more. However there are patients with equally low levels of factor VIII or factor IX who bleed once or twice per year or not at all. To examine whether the presence of a hereditary defect predisposing to hypercoagulability might play a role in...
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