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hemophilia: Quick Facts

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Also Known As haemophilia

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Transmission of hemophilia (A) Mating of affected hemophilic man and normal woman—all sons normal, all daughters carriers. (B) Mating of carrier woman and normal man—half of sons normal and half affected; half of daughters carriers, half normal.
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Schönlein, c. 1860
Johann Lukas Schönlein
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