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SUBMITTER: Kanda A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541728 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 20190524
Hemophilia A is a congenital bleeding disorder caused by an X-linked hereditary pattern. Female hemophilia A carriers are usually asymptomatic, although some have far lower levels of clotting factor because more X chromosomes with the normal gene are switched off, a phenomenon referred to as "lyonization." During a medical checkup at our hospital, a 56-year-old Japanese woman with coxalgia was also diagnosed as an obligate hemophilia A carrier based on World Federation of Hemophilia criteria. Sh ...[more]