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HIV infection in hemophilia
Author(s) -
Levine Peter H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.2920080212
Subject(s) - medicine , natural history , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , intensive care medicine , hepatitis , immunology , virology
This report reviews the natural history of hemophilia and the development of concentrates as the preferred form of treatment and discusses the nature of immune defect in persons with hemophilia. It examines the risk of hepatitis and effect of HIV infection on treatment protocols, and it surveys the status of the safety of modern concentrates and what we have to look forward to in the future. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.