Alfredo Pavlovsky
Alfredo Pavlovsky (24 November 1907 – 26 April 1984) was an Argentinian physician who discovered that haemophilia has two types (A and B).[1][2] Pavlovsky graduated with his medical degree in 1931, then worked as Bernardo Houssay's assistant professor in physiology.[1] In 1947 he reported in Buenos Aires that "occasionally (in vitro) the blood of some of the haemophilic patients with a greatly prolonged clotting time ... when added to other haemophilic blood possessed a coagulant action nearly as effective as normal blood". This was later shown to be due to the blood of people with haemophilia B providing the clotting factor factor VIII to correct the defect in those with the more common haemophilia A.[3]
Pavlovsky had five children and died in 1984.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Dr. Alfredo Pavlovsky". fundaleu.org. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "A Brief History of Hemophilia Treatment". hemophilianewstoday.com. 2017-12-12. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Giangrande, Paul L. F. (2003). "Six Characters in Search of An Author: The History of the Nomenclature of Coagulation Factors". British Journal of Haematology. 121 (5): 703–712. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04333.x. PMID 12780784.
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