Clinical and functional evaluation of the joint status of hemophiliac adults at a Brazilian blood center

BACKGROUND: Hemophilia is a potentially disabling condition as hemophilic arthropathy develops early in life and is progressive, especially in patients treated in an on-demand regime. Objective: This study aimed to describe the structural joint status and the functional independence score of hemophi...

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Main Authors: Adriana Aparecida Ferreira, Maria Teresa Bustamante-Teixeira, Isabel Cristina Gonçalves Leite, Camila Soares Lima Corrêa, Daniela de Oliveira Werneck Rodrigues, Danielle Teles da Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842013000100010