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haemophilia (US), hemophilia an inheritable disease, usually affecting only males but transmitted by women to their male children, characterized by loss or impairment of the normal clotting ability of blood so that a minor wound may result in fatal bleeding www.hemophilia.org How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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drug company which manufactured a blood-clotting agent used by haemophiliacs. We now know that if the haemophiliacs are infused with impure concentrates, they get changes that resemble AIDS; and if they get the high-purity product, they don't get those changes. He cited the examples of a Ugandan mother watching her child die because she had no money to bribe the hospital staff; the Tanzanian schoolchild beaten by her teacher for failing to deliver `a tip'; Japanese haemophiliacs dying of Aids because corrupt officials released tainted and untreated blood. |
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