Survival in a cohort of patients with haemophilia at the haemophilia care center in Vienna, Austria, from 1983 to 2006

Haemophilia

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 888-893

  Reitter, S ^a   Waldhoer, T ^b   Vutuc, C ^b   Lechner, K ^a   Pabinger, Ingrid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Haemophilia; Survival; Vienna

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART FAILURE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649840909     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2009.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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