HIV infection in hemophilia.
This report reviews the natural history of hemophilia and the development of concentrates as the preferred form of treatment and discusses the nature of immune defect in persons with hemophilia. It examines the risk of hepatitis and effect of HIV infection on treatment protocols, and it surveys the status of the safety of modern concentrates and what we have to look forward to in the future.
Levine
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Blood Research Laboratory, Medical Center of Central Massachusetts, Worcester 01605-2982.
D017280:Condoms; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction