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Christmas disease is another name for :

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Haemophilia B
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Hepatitis B
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Down's syndrome
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Sleeping sickness
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The correct option is A Haemophilia B
Hemophilia B is also known as factor IX deficiency or Christmas disease.
The disorder was first reported in the medical literature in 1952 in a patient with the name of Stephen Christmas.
It is a rare genetic disorder in which your blood doesn't clot properly as the body produces little or no factor IX. This leads to prolonged or spontaneous bleeding.

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