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haemophilia
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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
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Some 4,670 haemophiliacs who received blood transfusions in the 1970s and 1980s were infected with hepatitis C - with 1,243 of those also infected with HIV.
Fight for justice will go to Europe; 'Insult' on payouts for blood ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
NEARLY 2,000 haemophiliacs in the UK have died as a result of being given polluted blood which was administered to nearly 5,000 patients with haemophilia in the 1970s and 1980s.
Catch up... on Archer report by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
He was one of 1,757 haemophiliacs believed to have fallen victim to contaminated blood.
Blood infections 'disaster for NHS' Deaths due to contamination by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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