New therapies for hemophilia

AC Weyand, SW Pipe - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Hemophilia A (HA) and hemophilia B (HB) are the most common severe bleeding disorders.
Replacement therapy, providing the missing coagulation factor, has been the mainstay of …

Factor VIII inhibitors in hemophilia A: rationale and latest evidence

C Witmer, G Young - Therapeutic advances in hematology, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Factor VIII (FVIII) replacement therapy is the foundation of treatment in hemophilia A and is
effective unless a patient develops an alloantibody (inhibitor) against exogenous FVIII …

Establishing the prevalence and prevalence at birth of hemophilia in males: a meta-analytic approach using national registries

A Iorio, JS Stonebraker, H Chambost… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Background: The large observed variability in hemophilia prevalence prevents robust
estimation of burden of disease. Objective: To estimate the prevalence and prevalence at …

Efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of emicizumab prophylaxis given every 4 weeks in people with haemophilia A (HAVEN 4): a multicentre, open-label, non …

SW Pipe, M Shima, M Lehle, A Shapiro… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Emicizumab, a subcutaneously administered, humanised, bispecific,
monoclonal antibody, is approved to treat people with haemophilia A of all ages with and …

Phenotype, genotype, and worldwide genetic penetrance of LRRK2-associated Parkinson's disease: a case-control study

DG Healy, M Falchi, SS O'Sullivan, V Bonifati… - The Lancet …, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background Mutations in LRRK2, the gene that encodes leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, are a
cause of Parkinson's disease (PD). The International LRRK2 Consortium was established to …

A study of variations in the reported haemophilia A prevalence around the world

JS Stonebraker, PHB BOLTON‐MAGGS… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The objectives of this paper were to study the reported haemophilia A prevalence (per 100
000 males) on a country‐by‐country basis and address the following: Does the reported …

Polymorphism for a 1.6-Mb deletion of the human Y chromosome persists through balance between recurrent mutation and haploid selection

S Repping, H Skaletsky, L Brown, SKM van Daalen… - Nature …, 2003 - nature.com
Many human Y-chromosomal deletions are thought to severely impair reproductive fitness,
which precludes their transmission to the next generation and thus ensures their rarity in the …

Mortality among males with hemophilia: relations with source of medical care

JM Soucie, R Nuss, B Evatt, A Abdelhak… - Blood, The Journal …, 2000 - ashpublications.org
Although persons with hemophilia are known to be at increased risk of death, no studies
have examined the source of medical care and other personal characteristics for …

Direct estimates of human per nucleotide mutation rates at 20 loci causing Mendelian diseases

AS Kondrashov - Human mutation, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
I estimate per nucleotide rates of spontaneous mutations of different kinds in humans directly
from the data on per locus mutation rates and on sequences of de novo nonsense …

Joint range-of-motion limitations among young males with hemophilia: prevalence and risk factors

JM Soucie, C Cianfrini, RL Janco, R Kulkarni… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
Chronic joint disease from repeated bleeding into joints is a serious complication of
hemophilia. To measure the extent of and to identify risk factors for deviations from normal in …