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Hemophilia
Hemophilia is a genetically inherited bleeding disorder which is caused when one of the plasma proteins (needed to clot) is missing or abnormally formed in the blood. The word Hemophilia comes from the Latin word hemo, meaning blood and the word philia, meaning: having a tendency towards. Knowledge of hemophi ....
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.... the disorder generally affects males only. About one third of hemophilia cases come with a previous family history. Women with a hemophilic gene are called carriers while men are either hemophiliacs or normal. A daughter of a mother who is a carrier and a father who is normal has a 50% chance of being a carrier herself. A son of the same mother and father has a 50% chance of having hemophilia. Most of the time carriers are not affected by the disease, but sometimes there are minimal symptoms. Many times hemophilia is hidden for many generations if no affected ....
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