Question

Can haemophilia be detected before birth?

Answer 1

Haemophilia:

1. Haemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder.
2. This blood disorder is genetic so it can be detected before birth.
3. In this disease, the blood-clotting process gets slower due to defective or missing blood clotting factor VIII.
4. Haemophilia A and B are detected by prenatal testing chorionic villus biopsy in the first trimester by tracing the mutation or informative genetic markers.