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14 Δεκ 2015 · Hemophilia B is called Christmas Disease because it was named for a 5 year old boy named Christmas. He was the first patient described in a case series of 7 patients by Biggs et. al. in 1953. “He had numerous episodes of haemorrhage dating from the age of 20 months, mostly resulting from injuries during play.
28 Νοε 2022 · Christmas had a different deficiency in blood clotting proteins and was lacking clotting factor IX (9). The researchers named the condition Christmas disease after the young patient. It would later be called hemophilia B and a factor VIII deficiency became known as hemophilia A.
It is also known by the eponym Christmas disease, [1] named after Stephen Christmas, the first patient described with haemophilia B. In addition, the first report of its identification was published in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal .
22 Ιουλ 2022 · Hemophilia B, once known as Christmas disease, is an inherited bleeding disorder. It happens when a gene that helps blood clot mutates or changes. People with hemophilia B don’t have the usual amount of a blood protein that helps blood clot.
8 Δεκ 2023 · Hemophilia B, also known as Christmas disease, is an inherited disorder where the blood doesn't clot properly, which can lead to life-threatening bleeding.
6 Αυγ 2024 · Other names for hemophilia B, include factor IX deficiency, Christmas disease, and the royal disease. The name "Christmas disease" is in honor of Stephen Christmas, the first person recorded in medical literature with the condition.
4 Φεβ 2021 · It is caused by deficiency of factor IX, an important constituent of the clotting cascade. Haemophilia B is sometimes called Christmas Disease after the patient in the leading paper on the disease (Mr. Christmas), published in the BMJ Christmas edition 1952.
