Ask most long-time hemophilia treaters and they will say that the development of factor concentrates has both lengthened life expectancy for people with hemophilia and improved their quality of life. Moreover, most will also say that comprehensive care has played a substantial role in these ...
Treatment of patients with hemophilia has advanced over the past decades, but it is unknown whether this has resulted in a normal life expectancy in the Netherlands. OBJECTIVE This observational cohort study aimed to assess all-cause and cause-specific mort...
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Estimated median life expectancy of patients with hemophilia was 77 years, six years lower than the median life expectancy of the general Dutch male population (83 years). Over the past 45 years, death rates of patients with hemophilia have consistently decreased, approaching the survival experience...
Mortality, life expectancy and causes of death of persons with hemophilia in the Netherlands 2001‐2018doi:10.1111/jth.15182Shermarke HassanRory MonahanEvelien P Mauser BunschotenSamantha C Gouw
Hemophilia no longer a death knell: Life expectancy almost normal, but treatment costlyTHERESE SMITH COX