Open Access<p>Psychosocial Impact and Disease Management in Patients with Congenital Factor VII Deficiency</p>
Author(s) -
Skye Peltier,
Angela Kellum,
Janet K. Brewer,
Alexander Duncan,
David L. Cooper,
Hossam Saad
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of blood medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.676
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1179-2736
DOI - 10.2147/jbm.s259909
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , pediatrics , disease , gerontology , psychiatry
Congenital factor VII (FVII) deficiency is a rare bleeding disorder of variable phenotype with predominantly mucocutaneous bleeding. The aim of this study was to identify the burden of FVII deficiency on patients and caregivers through a better understanding of the management and psychosocial impact of this disease.