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hemophilia B

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Noun1.hemophilia B - a clotting disorder similar to hemophilia A but caused by a congenital deficiency of factor IX
bleeder's disease, haemophilia, hemophilia - congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son

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Normal blood quickly gels when it spills from blood vessels, but that of people and dogs with hemophilia B lacks a clotting protein called factor IX.
Hemophilia B is characterized by deficient or defective factor IX.
FIX:Fc is being developed for the treatment of hemophilia B in a strategic alliance with Biovitrum AB of Sweden with the companies sharing equally the costs and profits of development and commercialization.
 
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