Hemophilia B

Hemophilia B is a form of hemophilia (see this term) characterized by spontaneous or prolonged hemorrhages due to factor IX deficiency.

Cachexia

Severe weight loss, wasting of muscle, loss of appetite, and general debility related to a chronic disease.


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PMID (PMCID)
3778094
MALE
[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in an adolescent hemophiliac].
Pichot F, Bader B, Laurian Y, Alvin P, Tardieu M, Tchernia G, Larrieu MJ, Courtecuisse V.
Arch Fr Pediatr. 1986;43(5):341-4.
In an adolescent with hemophilia B, the diagnosis of AIDS was established in face of cachexia, orodigestive candidiasis, associated with lymphopenia, major decrease in T4/T8 ratio with marked decrease in T helper cells and presence of LAV-antibodies.