Haemophilia
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In the human body, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each
pair inherited through the egg from the mother, and the other inherited through
the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X
and Y. Females have XX and males have XY. In addition to the infor ....
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.... for this defect.
There are two types of haemophilia, haemophilia A and B. Haemophilia A is
a hereditary disorder in which bleeding is due to deficiency of the coagulation
factor VIII (VIII:C)3. In most of the cases, this coagulant protein is reduced
but in a rare amount of cases, this protein is present by immunoassay but
defective. Haemophilia A is the most common severe bleeding disorder and
approximately 1 in 10,000 males is effected. The most common types of bleeding
a ....
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