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Background: Prophylaxis with a von Willebrand factor (VWF) concentrate is recommended in von Willebrand disease (VWD) patients with a history of frequent and severe bleeds. Despite nosebleeds being a frequent manifestation of VWD, few studies have investigated the efficacy of factor prophylaxis in preventing nosebleeds in patients with severe VWD.

Methods: This post-hoc analysis of a prospective, 12-month, phase 3 study assessed the efficacy of wilate in the prevention of nosebleeds in 33 patients aged ≥6 years with severe type 1, type 2 or type 3 VWD.

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Background: Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare disease with an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. This disorder is not so uncommonly encountered in routine clinical practice and laboratory settings in Pakistan let alone in the rest of the world. To describe the bleeding phenotype of GT and treatment outcomes in over one hundred patients in north Pakistan.

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  • * A case study details a young man in his early twenties who was hospitalized for Dengue, experiencing dark stools (melena) and vomiting blood.
  • * Despite his platelet count returning to normal, his bleeding continued due to a combination of a bleeding ulcer in the gastroesophageal junction and a deficiency in clotting factor XI, indicating he had Hemophilia C.
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Factor XI deficiency is a rare inherited coagulation disorder with an estimated prevalence of affecting 1 in 1 million. It is characterized by mild and variable bleeding phenotypes, including bruises, nosebleeds, hematuria, and postpartum hemorrhage. It can be caused by either allelic or biallelic variants in ().

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Introduction: The needs of haemophilia carriers (HC) have been historically overlooked. It is now recognised that HC manifests bleeding symptoms, including haemarthrosis. The natural history of joint health in HC is not yet defined.

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