Haemophilia is a rare condition that affects the blood's ability to clot. It is usually inherited and most people who have the disease are male. The following is a selection of research interest in the current literature.
Haemophilia
Berntorp E, Fischer K, Hart DP et al. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021; 7 (1): 45. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00278-x.
Haemophilia A and B are rare congenital, recessive X-linked disorders caused by lack or deficiency of clotting factor VIII (FVIII) or IX (FIX), respectively. The severity of the disease depends on the reduction of levels of FVIII or FIX, which are determined by the type of the causative mutation in the genes encoding the factors (F8 and F9, respectively).
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