Is VIII worse than IX?
- PMID: 19628712
- DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-04-217075
Is VIII worse than IX?
Abstract
In this issue of Blood, Tagariello and colleagues report that patients with severe hemophilia A are more likely to undergo hip or knee arthroplasty than those with severe hemophilia B and suggest that there is a difference in the severity of the 2 hemophilias.
Comment on
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Comparison of the rates of joint arthroplasty in patients with severe factor VIII and IX deficiency: an index of different clinical severity of the 2 coagulation disorders.Blood. 2009 Jul 23;114(4):779-84. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-01-195313. Epub 2009 Apr 8. Blood. 2009. PMID: 19357395
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