The effect of carriers' reproductive choices and pregnancy history on sporadic severe haemophilia: A 20-year retrospective study through a regional registry.
Federica RiccardiAntonio CoppolaGianna Franca RivoltaAnnalisa MatichecchiaGabriele QuintavalleChiara BiasoliLelia ValdrèLydia PiscitelliAntonio PercesepeAnnarita TagliaferriPublished in: Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia (2022)
In this cohort sporadic offspring account for more than 70% of severe haemophilia cases. This increasing proportion is likely to reflect the influence in reproductive choices of awareness of carriers' status, particularly in sporadic mothers, and of prenatal diagnosis options.