Bleeding Disorders

• Overviews
• Bleeding and Clotting Disorders (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• What Is a Bleeding Disorder? (National Hemophilia Foundation)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• aPTT (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Coagulation Factors (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• D-dimer (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Fibrinogen (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Platelet Count (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• PT & INR (Prothrombin Time, International Normalized Ratio) (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
• Understanding Your Complete Blood Count (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - Links to PDF File
  Also available in: Spanish

• Treatment
• Minimally Invasive Procedure Shrinks Blood Clots in the Brain (American Stroke Association)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Coagulation Disorders (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Thrombocytopenia (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Bleeding into the Skin (Petechiae) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Factor V Leiden (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Hereditary Bleeding Disorders (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
• Hypercoagulation: Excessive Blood Clotting (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• ITP: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Low Platelet Count (Thrombocytopenia) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• von Willebrand Disease (National Hemophilia Foundation)
• What Is Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
• What Is von Willebrand Disease? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Related Issues
• Bleeding Disorders: Financial and Insurance Issues (National Hemophilia Foundation)
• Information for Teachers and Childcare Providers (National Hemophilia Foundation)
• Platelets and Cardiovascular Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Tips for Travellers (World Federation of Hemophilia)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Blood Clots in People with Factor V Leiden Mutation (American College of Physicians)
• Treatment of Refractory Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (American College of Physicians)
• Treatment Options for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura When Splenectomy Is Ineffective (American College of Physicians)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Factor V Leiden thrombophilia (National Library of Medicine)
• Gene Therapy (National Hemophilia Foundation)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Bleeding Disorders: Glossary (National Hemophilia Foundation)

• Directories
• Blood Bank Locator (American Association of Blood Banks)
• Find a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist (American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
• Global Treatment Center Directory (World Federation of Hemophilia)

• Organizations
• Hematologic Diseases Branch (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Women
• Bleeding and Clotting Disorders in Women (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
• Bleeding Disorders (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Bleeding Disorders in Women: Questions and Answers for Newly Diagnosed Women (National Center for Infectious Diseases)

• Children
• Blood (Nemours Foundation)
• Von Willebrand Disease (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• Von Willebrand Disease (Nemours Foundation)