Neurological complications of haemophilia.
Peripheral nerve lesions are well recognised complications of the haemophilias but impairment of autonomic function has not previously been reported. Two patients of the severe older haemophiliac population in the area were found to have impotence in association with signs of peripheral nerve damage. The basis proposed for this is autonomic nerve injury associated with intramuscular haemorrhage.
D001341:Autonomic Nervous System; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology