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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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Congress authorizes payments to hemophiliacs infected through unscreened U. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had labeled Haitians (along with homosexuals, hemophiliacs and heroin addicts) as a high-risk group in the mounting AIDS epidemic, and the Food and Drug Administration imposed a ban on all Haitian blood donors. In the past, people who were hemophiliacs died or suffered needlessly. |
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