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HAEMOPHILIA results from the absence of clotting factor VIII. The presence of a circulating inhibitor to factor VIII causes a disease which resembles haemophilia. Five patients with inhibitors shown to be γG-antibodies have been reported1–3.
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ANDERSEN, B., TERRY, W. Gamma G4-Globulin Antibody causing Inhibition of Clotting Factor VIII. Nature 217, 174–175 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217174a0
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