drawing first blood Treatment of Patients With Acquired Hemophilia A
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VOLUME 02 | NUMBER 10 | OCTOBER 2016
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The 2016 ASH Meeting on Hematologic Malignancies took place in Chicago on September 16-17 . ASH Clinical News was on site to speak with presenters about important research and clinical updates in malignant hematology shared at the meeting . To watch all of our video interviews , visit ashclinicalnews . org / mhmvideos or scan the QR code :
drawing first blood Treatment of Patients With Acquired Hemophilia A
Alice Ma , MD , and Rebecca Kruse-Jarres , MD , MPH , debate which treatment strategy should be used as first-line therapy for patients with acquired hemophilia A : bypassing agents or a factor replacement product .
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Mikkael Sekeres , MD , MS
Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director , Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic , Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland , OH
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Beth Faiman , CNP , PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland , OH
Alice Ma , MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill , NC
David Steensma , MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston , MA
Keith Stewart , MBChB , MBA Mayo Clinic Scottsdale , AZ
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