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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Hemophilia and Inherited Bleeding Disorders |
What is hemophilia caused by?10/13/2004 |
What is hemophilia caused by?
Hemophilia is caused by a change in one of the genes that carries information the body needs to make one of the blood clotting proteins. Sometimes there is a new mutation (change) in a gene. Sometimes an abnormal gene is inherited from a parent. For more information on hemophiia, please see the introduction to this topic.
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Madeline Heffner, BSN, RN Nurse Coord., UC Adult Hemophilia Treatment Center Division of Hematology/Oncology Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |