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Integration of clinical parameters, genotype and epistaxis severity score to guide treatment for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia associated bleeding.

Joan D BeckmanQuefeng LiSamuel T HesterOfri LeitnerKaren L SmithRaj S Kasthuri
Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2020)
We demonstrate that the ESS correlates with age, hemoglobin and ferritin. Additionally, we demonstrate that HHT patients with genetic mutations have higher ESS scores. Our data demonstrate that antifibrinolytics are effective in decreasing epistaxis severity and safe with long-term use in HHT patients.
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