Bleeding diathesis

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In medicine (hematology), bleeding diathesis is an unusual susceptibility to bleeding (hemorrhage) due to a defect in the system of coagulation. Several types are distinguished, ranging from mild to lethal.

Some examples of bleeding diatheses:

• Haemophilia
• von Willebrand Disease
• Glanzmann thrombasthenia
• Bernard-Soulier syndrome
• Scurvy
• Leukemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome