Impact of the HEAD-US Scoring System for Observing the Protective Effect of Prophylaxis in Hemophilia Patients: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study

Kaan Kavakli Süha Süreyya Özbek Ali Bülent Antmen Fahri Şahin Şevkiye Selin Aytaç Osman Alphan Küpesiz Osman Bülent Zülfikar Mehmet Sonmez Ümran Çalışkan Can Balkan Tugana Akbas Taner Arpacı Ipek Tamsel Turgut Seber Berna Oguz Can Çevikol Mesut Bulakçı Polat Koşucu Demet Aydoğdu Hatice Ilgen Sasmaz Gülen Tüysüz Başak Koç Şenol Hüseyin Tokgöz Zühal Demirci Burcu Özkan

Published in: Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology (2021)

The HEAD-US and HJHS scoring systems are valuable tools during follow-up examinations of PwH and they complement each other. We suggest that POC ultrasonographic evaluation and the HEAD-US scoring system may be integrated into differential diagnosis of bleeding and long-term monitoring for joint health as a routine procedure.

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