Essays Tagged: "Haemophilia"

Haemophilia

HAEMOPHILIAIn the human body, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes,one of each pair inherited ... II and factor IX.'1 Ifthe genetic information determining the factor VIII and IX level isdefective, haemophilia results. When this happens, the proteinfactors needed for normal blood clotting are effe ... , however, only oneof the two chromosomes will be abnormal. (unless she is unluckyenough to inherit haemophilia from both sides of the family, whichis rare.)2 The other chromosome is likely to be norm ...

(4 pages) 84 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Prenatel Dianosis: Heredity Disorders, Other Biochemical Diseases, and Disfiguring Birth Defects

(8 pages) 114 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Haemophilia

What is Haemophilia?Haemophilia is a disease where blood does not clot after being injured and is caused by ... ter being injured and is caused by a lack of plasma proteins in the blood that causes the clotting. Haemophilia is a relatively rare disease that affects only one in approximately 10000 of the general ... ase that affects only one in approximately 10000 of the general population. The most common type of haemophilia is having a clotting factor VIII deficiency, or haemophilia A. The second most common ty ...

(3 pages) 41 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Medical And Dental Considerations When Dental Hygienists Are Treating Hemophiliac Clients

(2 pages) 1805 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Hemophilia

(3 pages) 13 0 5.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Hemophilia 4

(5 pages) 8 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Hemophilia

(3 pages) 13 1 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology