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SUBMITTER: Mansouritorghabeh H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2928828 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Mansouritorghabeh Hassan H Rezaieyazdi Zahra Z Bagheri Mahshid M
Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie 20090306 2
BACKGROUND: Combined factor V and VIII deficiency (CF5F8D) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, with an estimated prevalence of about 1:100,000 in the Jewish population. Affected individuals have between 5 and 30% of normal levels of factor V and VIII, whereas the levels of other plasma proteins are not altered. This bleeding disorder has been treated by replacement therapy with plasma infusion and FVIII concentrate as source of factor V and VIII, respectively, depending on the severity of th ...[more]