August 17, 2011
What’s the difference between hemophilia A and hemophilia B besides A being more common than B?
Category: Haemophilia
What are the functions of factors iiiv and ix?
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August 17th, 2011 at 7:50 am
The difference is which clotting factor is missing.
Hemophilia A is a deficiency of Factor 8
Hemophilia B is a deficiency of Factor 9
The factors are clotting factors. When your blood begins to clot it goes through a process where each factor has a purpose (there are around 13 I believe). Well in hemophilia (a or b) the body is missing one of the factors and thus cannot clot properly.