Hemophilia is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that, if not adequately controlled, is associated with life-threatening bleeding events and serious and costly complications, primarily from joint damage. The advent of effective clotting factor replacement therapy for patients with hemophilia is considered one of the foremost medical advances of the 20th century. The last 3 decades of experience i...

The presence of antibodies (Abs) in hemophilia A patients can potentially influence the therapeutic qualities of factor VIII (fVIII) administration. Much work has been focused on the presence of inhibitory antibodies, whereas the quantitation of noninhibitory anti-fVIII antibodies has been largely undetermined. Our objective was to develop a sensitive and specific fluorescence-based immunoassay...

Background Human parvovirus B19 (B19V) is one of the smallest DNA viruses and shows great resistance to most disinfectants. Therefore, it is one of the common contaminant pathogens present in blood and plasma products. Parvovirus 4 (PARV4) is a newly identified parvovirus, which is also prevalent in parenteral transmission. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of B19V and PARV4 DN...

OBJECTIVE Ischemic heart disease mortality is lower in hemophilia patients than in the general male population. As coagulation plays a role in the inflammatory pathways involved in atherogenesis, we investigated whether the clotting factor deficiency protects hemophilia patients from developing atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary artery calcification, measured with multidetector-row...

Hemophilia is an X-linked bleeding disorder caused by a partial or complete lack of clotting factor activity. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of these patients is lower than in the general population and is mainly dependent on severity of hemophilia, age, orthopedic status and comorbidities. Hepatitis C is a major comorbid condition among patients with hemophilia who received non-virus-i...

BACKGROUND Inhibitory antibodies to factor VIII (FVIII) or IX (FIX) are important issues when managing patients with hemophilia A or B. Advances in bypassing agents such as recombinant activated FVII (rFVIIa) and activated prothrombin complex concentrates (APCC) have enabled the aggressive management of hemophilia with inhibitors during emergency or elective surgery. This study provides an upda...

Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells are a major endogenous source of Factor VIII (FVIII), lack of which causes the human congenital bleeding disorder hemophilia A. Despite extensive efforts, gene therapy using viral vectors has shown little success in clinical hemophilia trials. Here we achieved cell type-specific gene targeting using hyaluronan- and asialoorosomucoid-coated nanocapsules, genera...

BACKGROUND Hemophilia A is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by a deficiency in factor VIII. Hemophilia A affects 1 in 5,000-10,000 males. Hematuria is frequent in hemophilia. Hematuria in hemophilia is generally considered benign and manageable with conservative therapy; however, severe hematuria requiring surgical therapy has rarely been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old male wi...

Hemophilia B (also known as Christmas disease) is due to deficiency of coagulation factor IX (FIX). In this issue of the Journal, Nathwani et al. report the first unequivocal evidence of successful gene therapy for hemophilia B — a major advance in this field.1 This success for hemophilia may translate into gene therapy for other blood protein deficiencies. Hemophilia is due to deficiency in a ...

The last two decades has seen significant progress in the treatment of hemophilia A . The development of highly purified and recombinant FVIII pharmaceutical products has dramatically increased the l ife expectancy and quality of l i fe for many hemophil iacs. However, the high cost and short supply of these replacement products has resulted in their availabil i ty l imited to less than 10% of ...