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Acquired Hemophilia A
Acquired hemophilia A is a rare but often life-threatening hemorrhagic disorder characterized by an auto antibody directed against coagulation factor VIII. Fifty per cent of cases are idiopathic whereas the remaining 50% are associated with pregnancy, autoimmune conditions, malignancies and drugs [1]. Acquired hemophilia is significantly rarer than the inherited form, affecting around 2 per mil...
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©2004, Ferrata Storti Foundation A69 year old man attended the emergency department because of severe abdominal pain of acute onset. At physical examination the patient had clinical signs of acute abdomen; he had been on prednisone for twelve months for a polymyalgia syndrome. No cutaneous or mucosal bleeding was evident. The family and personal history was not significant for a bleeding tenden...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Tenri Medical Bulletin
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1344-1817,2187-2244
DOI: 10.12936/tenrikiyo.16-015