After Mary gives birth to her baby, John, quite a lot of post-birth bleeding is observed in John. He is later diagnosed with haemophilia. What kind of disease is to blame?

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After Mary gives birth to her baby, John, quite a lot of post-birth bleeding is observed in John.  He is later diagnosed with haemophilia. What kind of disease is to blame?

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A genetic deficiency in a factor in the contact activation (intrinsic) pathway

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A Henoch-Schonlein purpura

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A Y-linked deficiency in a clotting factor

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A genetic deficiency in the tissue factor (extrinsic) pathway

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