0 a rare blood disease in which blood continues to flow after a cut or other injury because one of the substances which causes it to clot does not work correctly
Obvious candidates are genetic diseases such as deaf mutism and haemophilia, while blood groups and biochemical differences offer more widely applicable guides to population differences.
Examining the material as a whole, the haemophilia series suggests a general population level of consanguinity of 28-9%.
Thirty-four of the married couples had produced sixty-nine children, thirty-four boys and thirty-five girls, the latter all carriers of the haemophilia gene.
Alternatively, if medical intervention can ameliorate the disease, such as haemophilia, the increasing burden becomes economic rather than social.
It is important that haemostatic support is provided in a centre experienced in the management of acquired haemophilia.
It is here that the haemophilia series of patients is useful.
The haemophilia series therefore can be used as an estimate of the population level and so can be used for comparison of the thalassaemic series.
The remainder of those who would consider having no children were prepared to do so only if faced by an extreme calamity such as haemophilia or a broken marriage.
