In this episode, we discuss the fundamentals and approaches to chronic management and treatment for patients with known inherited hemophilia.
Contents:
- What is hemophilia?
- How is it inherited?
- How do we grade the severity of one's hemophilia?
- Chronic management of hemophilia
- Mechanism of Emicizumab (Hemlibra)
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