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Transmission of hemophilia (A) Mating of affected hemophilic man and normal woman—all sons normal, all daughters carriers. (B) Mating of carrier woman and normal man—half of sons normal and half affected; half of daughters carriers, half normal.

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Also Known As	haemophilia

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Transmission of hemophilia (A) Mating of affected hemophilic man and normal woman—all sons normal, all daughters carriers. (B) Mating of carrier woman and normal man—half of sons normal and half affected; half of daughters carriers, half normal.

family pedigree

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hemophilia A hemophilia B bleeding and blood clotting blood disease congenital disorder familial disease erythroblastosis fetalis hypoglycemia leukemia von Willebrand disease thrombocytopenia hypophosphatemia methemoglobinemia bacteremia hypoprothrombinemia hyperglycemia

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Schönlein, c. 1860

Johann Lukas Schönlein

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