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Thromb Haemost 1971; 26(02): 205-210
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1653669
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Haemophilia in a Female

Report of a Case
J. A McBride   *
1   Department of Haematology, Paediatrics and Histochemistry Royal Postgraduate Medical School of London, Department of Hemostasis, Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris (10)
,
J Hunter
1   Department of Haematology, Paediatrics and Histochemistry Royal Postgraduate Medical School of London, Department of Hemostasis, Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris (10)
,
Elizabeth Pearse
1   Department of Haematology, Paediatrics and Histochemistry Royal Postgraduate Medical School of London, Department of Hemostasis, Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris (10)
,
Yvette Sultan
1   Department of Haematology, Paediatrics and Histochemistry Royal Postgraduate Medical School of London, Department of Hemostasis, Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris (10)
,
J. P Caen
1   Department of Haematology, Paediatrics and Histochemistry Royal Postgraduate Medical School of London, Department of Hemostasis, Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris (10)
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Summary

A case of haemophilia in a female is described together with the response of the patient’s level of antihaemophilic factor in the plasma following transfusion of fresh frozen plasma, fibrinogen and cryoprecipitate.

* Present Address: Department of Pathology, McMaster University and Henderson General Hospital, Concession Street, Hamilton 53, Ontario.


 

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