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Induction of human factor VIII inhibitors in rats by immunization with human recombinant factor VIII: a small animal model for humans with high responder inhibitor phenotype.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Feb 1996
Jarvis M A, Levin L G, Harrison J A, DePianto D J, Suzuki C M, Ziaja C L, Brown J E, Jolly K W, Reisner H M, Abildgaard C F, Powell J S
Abstract excerpt
Hemophilia A is a clotting disorder that is due to reduced or absent coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) activity. In approximately 25% of people with severe hemophilia A, standard treatment with intravenous plasma-derived or recombinant FVIII (rFVIII) induces anti-FVIII antibodies that inhibit FVIII...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies
- Antibody Formation
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Factor VIII
- Hemophilia A
- Humans
- Immunization
- Immunization, Secondary
- Immunologic Memory