Emicizumab Prophylaxis in Hemophilia A with Inhibitors

Inhibitors develop in many patients with hemophilia who receive recombinant factor VIII. Prophylaxis with emicizumab, an antibody that functionally replaces factor VIII in the clotting pathway, reduced the rate of bleeding events among patients with hemophilia with inhibitors.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2017-08, Vol.377 (9), p.809-818
Hauptverfasser: Oldenburg, Johannes, Mahlangu, Johnny N, Kim, Benjamin, Schmitt, Christophe, Callaghan, Michael U, Young, Guy, Santagostino, Elena, Kruse-Jarres, Rebecca, Negrier, Claude, Kessler, Craig, Valente, Nancy, Asikanius, Elina, Levy, Gallia G, Windyga, Jerzy, Shima, Midori
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Zusammenfassung:Inhibitors develop in many patients with hemophilia who receive recombinant factor VIII. Prophylaxis with emicizumab, an antibody that functionally replaces factor VIII in the clotting pathway, reduced the rate of bleeding events among patients with hemophilia with inhibitors.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1703068