An inherited disease that is due to a deficiency or lack of certain compounds in the blood such as factor VIII or IX. This results in excessive internal or external bleeding due to impaired blood clotting.
A hereditary blood disease where the blood fails to clot and abnormal bleeding occurs. It is found only in males and is treated by injections of Factor VIII.
A medical condition in which the ability of the blood to clot is severely reduced, causing severe bleeding from even a slight injury.
an inherited disorder in which a person's blood lacks a certain protein important in forming blood clots, leading to excessive bleeding
A group of inherited bleeding disorders in which there is a deficiency in factor 8 or 9, necessary for coagulation of the blood. Haemophilia almost exclusively affects males.
Genetic disorder involving alterations in the coagulation of blood. Haemophilia A is the most common type and is caused by a deficiency of the clotting factor VIII.
A rare, hereditary bleeding disorder of males due to deficiency of Factor VIII blood-clotting proteins. Health. The state of physical and mental well-being, characterised by the absence of disease and infirmity.
A genetic blood disorder, almost always in males, in which blood does not clot properly as a result of an enzyme deficiency.
