Clinical severity of haemophilia A: Does the classification of the 1950s still stand?

Haemophilia

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 849-853

  den Uijl, I E M ^a,b   Mauser Bunschoten, E P ^a   Roosendaal, G ^a   Schutgens, R E G ^a   Biesma, D H ^b   Grobbee, D E ^b   Fischer, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Haemophilia; Severity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR VIII; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMOPHILIA A; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857951468     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2011.02539.x     Document Type: Article

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