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More than half of people diagnosed with hemophilia A have the severe form. Hemophilia A is four times as common as hemophilia B. Hemophilia affects all races and ethnic groups. Hemophilia A is an inheritable disease, meaning it is passed down from parents to children. The X and Y chromosomes are called sex chromosomes. The gene for hemophilia is carried on the X chromosome.
When a person bleeds, 13 different proteins—called clotting factors—work together to form a blood clot.
In people living with hemophilia, one of the clotting factors is missing or reduced, which prevents this process from working. Most people living with hemophilia are born with it. Sometimes, a person may develop hemophilia without Hemophilia family history.
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In fact, Hemophilia one-third of hemophilia cases are not inherited and have no family history of the disease. Along with hemophilia A and B, 15 other bleeding disorders have been identified. What makes them different? Tell Me More. Get the Facts.
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What is hemophilia? How do people get it? And why? How do people get hemophilia? All people who have Hemophilia are diagnosed at birth.
Mild, moderate, or severe Hemophilia do they mean? Hemophilia A affects 1 in male births in the United States. The spectrum of bleeding disorders. What about inhibitors?
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Find out why some people living with hemophilia develop inhibitors and what that means. Women and hemophilia. Hemophilia more about how women can be, too.]
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