Background and Objectives. In patients with factor XI (FXI) deficiency the bleeding tendency is poorly correlated with plasma factor levels. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether or not this discrepancy is also present in a large series of patients from Iran, a previously unexplored ethnic group. Design and Methods. In 28 FXI - deficient patients bleeding symptoms and their relation to FXI levels were compared with those of 100 patients with factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency (classic hemophilia), matched for seventy of factor deficiency, Results. Spontaneous bleeding was definitely less frequent in FXI deficiency than in hemophilia, whereas postoperative and post-traumatic bleeding occurred with comparable frequencies. Among FXI-deficient patients the severity of symptoms was poorly correlated with FXI levels, mildly deficient patients bleeding almost as frequently as those severely deficient. In contrast in patents with classic hemophilia there was a close relation between the severity of bleeding and degree of FVIII deficiency. Interpretation and Conclusions. As in other ethnic groups, in Iranians factor XI deficiency is less severe than classic hemophilia and the bleeding tendency is poorly correlated to plasma factor levels.

Factor XI deficiency in Iranians: its clinical manifestations in comparison with those of classic hemophilia / F. Peyvandi, M. Lak, P.M. Mannucci. - In: HAEMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0390-6078. - 87:5(2002), pp. 512-514.

Factor XI deficiency in Iranians: its clinical manifestations in comparison with those of classic hemophilia

F. Peyvandi
Primo
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P.M. Mannucci
Ultimo
2002

Abstract

Background and Objectives. In patients with factor XI (FXI) deficiency the bleeding tendency is poorly correlated with plasma factor levels. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether or not this discrepancy is also present in a large series of patients from Iran, a previously unexplored ethnic group. Design and Methods. In 28 FXI - deficient patients bleeding symptoms and their relation to FXI levels were compared with those of 100 patients with factor VIII (FVIII) deficiency (classic hemophilia), matched for seventy of factor deficiency, Results. Spontaneous bleeding was definitely less frequent in FXI deficiency than in hemophilia, whereas postoperative and post-traumatic bleeding occurred with comparable frequencies. Among FXI-deficient patients the severity of symptoms was poorly correlated with FXI levels, mildly deficient patients bleeding almost as frequently as those severely deficient. In contrast in patents with classic hemophilia there was a close relation between the severity of bleeding and degree of FVIII deficiency. Interpretation and Conclusions. As in other ethnic groups, in Iranians factor XI deficiency is less severe than classic hemophilia and the bleeding tendency is poorly correlated to plasma factor levels.
factor XI deficiency ; hepatitis C ; hepatitis B
Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna
2002
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