The National Hemophilia Foundation is dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for bleeding and clotting disorders and to preventing the complications of these disorders through education, advocacy and research.
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Inhibitors can be a serious problem for certain people with bleeding disorders. Inhibitors are a type of antibody produced by the body's immune system in response to factor concentrate. By neutralizing the effect of the factor product, they can prevent the formation of blood clots.
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