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Bleeding Disorders: A Primer





                                                                    Hemophilia A is the
                Normal clotting        Clotting in hemophilia
                                                                    most common type

                                                                    of hemophilia.

         A person with a bleeding disorder lacks a clotting
         protein that stops or prevents excessive bleeding.
         The most commonly recognized bleeding disorders            Hemophilia B (or Christmas
         are hemophilia and von Willebrand Disease.
                                                                    Disease) is another type
                                                                    of hemophilia.
         20,000


         people in the
         United States

         have hemophilia.




                         400,000 people in the
                         world have a bleeding
              75%
                         disorder. Sadly, 75% of
                         those with a bleeding
                         disorder have no
                         access to treatment.







                                 of the population is thought to have von Willebrand

         1-2%   Disease and have not been properly diagnosed.
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