Affiliations: Chairman of the VSOP, the Dutch Genetic Alliance
Note: [] Cees Smit has severe haemophilia and he is the former
coordinator (1987–1998) of the Netherlands Haemophilia Society and member
of the working group 'Haemophilia in The Netherlands'. At the moment he is
chairman of the VSOP, the Dutch Genetic Alliance. In 2003, he received an
honorary doctorate from the college of deans of the University of Amsterdam for
his work on haemophilia. For further correspondence: smit.visch@wolmail.nl