A new review article illuminates why physicians should keep coagulation disorders in mind when evaluating patients with heavy abnormal uterine bleeding. Physicians treating patients with heavy ...

Factor V Leiden thrombophilia is an inherited blood clotting disorder that can lead to blood clots in the legs, lungs, or other parts of the body. Medical term: Thrombophilia is a condition where ...

New research points to disturbances in blood clotting protein factor V activity as both a potential cause of blood clotting disorders with COVID-19, and to potential methods for identifying at-risk ...

Blood has many functions and circulates throughout your body. As a result, problems with it can affect you in many ways. Some of those problems can stem from a blood disorder. These disorders can ...

For men with hemophilia B, receipt of gene therapy comprising an infusion of etranacogene dezaparvovec results in sustained endogenous factor IX expression and low annualized bleeding rates over five ...

Megakaryocytes, which are derived from hematopoietic stem cell precursors in bone marrow, form and release platelets; these circulate in the blood for 8 to 10 days before they are removed by hepatic ...

A bleeding disorder refers to a condition, in which normal clotting function of the blood is adversely affected. Generally, on the injury site, the blood starts to clot, in order to prevent major ...

NovoSeven RT is a prescription drug used to treat certain blood clotting disorders, including hemophilia. The drug is given as an intravenous (IV) infusion, which is an injection into a vein over a ...

Bleeding diathesis means a tendency to bleed or bruise easily. The word “diathesis” comes from the ancient Greek word for “state” or “condition.” Most bleeding disorders occur when blood doesn’t clot ...

Congenital factor VII deficiency is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 1,000,000. We ...