Information about Bleeding Diathesis

In medicine (hematology), bleeding diathesis is an unusual susceptibility to bleeding (hemorrhage) due to a defect in the system of coagulation. Several types are distinguished, ranging from mild to lethal.

Some examples of bleeding diatheses:
Medicine is the science and "" of maintaining and/or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of patients. The term is derived from the Latin ars medicina meaning the art of healing.
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Hematology (American English) or haematology (British English) is the branch of biology (physiology), pathology, clinical laboratory, internal medicine, and pediatrics that is concerned with the study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases.
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Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhage (American English) or haemorrhage (British English) is the loss of blood from the circulatory system.[1] Bleeding can occur internally, where blood leaks from blood vessels inside the body or externally, either
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Coagulation is a complex process by which blood forms solid clots. It is an important part of hemostasis (the cessation of blood loss from a damaged vessel) whereby a damaged blood vessel wall is covered by a platelet- and fibrin-containing clot to stop bleeding and begin repair of
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Hemophilia
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 D 66. -D 68.
ICD-9 286

OMIM 306700 306900 264900
DiseasesDB 5555 5561 29376
MedlinePlus 000537
eMedicine med/3528  
MeSH D025861

Haemophilia or hemophilia
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MeSH D014842 Von Willebrand disease (vWD) is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality described in humans, although it can also be acquired as a result of other medical conditions.
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MeSH D013915 Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is an extremely rare disorder of the blood, in which the platelets lack glycoprotein IIb/IIIa. Hence, no fibrinogen bridging can occur, and bleeding time is significantly prolonged.
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Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Classification & external resources

ICD-10 D 69.1
ICD-9 287.1

OMIM 231200
DiseasesDB 1356

eMedicine ped/230  
MeSH D001606 Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS
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Scurvy
Classification & external resources

Scorbutic gums, a symptom of scurvy
ICD-10 E 54.
ICD-9 267

OMIM 240400
DiseasesDB 13930
MedlinePlus 000355
eMedicine med/2086   derm/521 ped/2073 radio/628
MeSH D012614 Scurvy
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Leukemia
Classification & external resources

A Wright's stained bone marrow aspirate smear of patient with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
ICD-10 C 91. -C 95.
ICD-9 208.
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