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factor I
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factor I
Type: Term Definitions: 1. in the clotting of blood a factor that is converted to fibrin through the action of thrombin. 2. a regulatory factor for the alternate complement pathway. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=31697
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factor I
<haematology> A protein which is synthesised by the liver. ... Fibrinogen is converted to fibrin, in the formation of a blood clot, via the enzymatic action of thrombin. A fibrinogen assay measures the concentration of fibrinogen in the blood and may be used to evaluate abnormal blood clotting... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?factor+I
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factor I
fibrinogen: a coagulation factor that is a high-molecular-weight plasma protein and is converted to fibrin through the action of thrombin. Deficiency of this factor results in the blood clotting problems of afibrinogenemia or hypofibrinogenemia. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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factor I
a plasma enzyme that regulates both classical and alternative pathways of complement activation by inactivating their C3 convertases. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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factor II
Type: Term Definitions: 1. a glycoprotein converted in the clotting of blood to thrombin by factor Xa, platelets, calcium ions, and factor V. Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=31698
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factor II
<haematology> A protein which is synthesised by the liver. ... Fibrinogen is converted to fibrin, in the formation of a blood clot, via the enzymatic action of thrombin. A fibrinogen assay measures the concentration of fibrinogen in the blood and may be used to evaluate abnormal blood clotting... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?factor+II
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factor II
prothrombin: a coagulation factor that is a plasma protein and is converted to the active form thrombin (factor IIa) by cleavage by activated factor X (Xa) in the common pathway of coagulation. Thrombin then cleaves fibrinogen to its active form fibrin. Deficiency of the factor leads to hypoprothrom... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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factor III
Type: Term Definitions: 1. in the clotting of blood, tissue factor or thromboplastin; it initiates the extrinsic pathway by reacting with factor VII and calcium to form factor VIIa. See: thromboplastin Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=31700
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factor III
In the clotting of blood, tissue factor or thromboplastin; it initiates the extrinsic pathway by reacting with factor VII and calcium to form factor VIIa. ... See: thromboplastin. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?factor+III
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factor III
tissue thromboplastin: a coagulation factor derived from several different sources in the body, such as brain and lung; it is important in the formation of extrinsic prothrombin converting principle in the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. Called also tissue factor. See also activated partial thromb... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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factor VI
a coagulation factor previously thought to be an activated form of factor V, but no longer considered in the scheme of hemostasis. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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factor VII
Type: Term Definitions: 1. in the clotting of blood, also known as: proconvertin (Owren), convertin, serum prothrombin conversion accelerator (de Vries, Alexander), stable factor (Stefanini), cofactor V (Owren), prothrombinogen (Quick), cothromboplastin (Mann and Hurn), serum accelerator (Jacox). Fa... Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=31830
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Factor VII
One of the proteins in the blood which is involved in clotting. It is one of the early proteins in the coagulation cascade. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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factor vii
<chemical> Heat- and storage-stable plasma protein that is activated by tissue thromboplastin to form factor viia in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. The activated form then catalyses the activation of factor x to factor xa. ... Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor VII ... (12 De... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?factor+vii
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factor VII
proconvertin: a coagulation factor that is heat- and storage-stable and participates in the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. It is activated by contact with calcium, and in concert with factor III it activates factor X. Deficiency of this factor, which may be hereditary (autosomal recessive) or acq... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Factor VII
Factor VII (formerly known as proconvertin) is one of the proteins that causes blood to clot in the coagulation cascade. It is an enzyme ({EC number|3.4.21.21}) of the serine protease class. A recombinant form of human factor VIIa (NovoSeven, eptacog alfa [activated]) has U.S. Food and Drug Adminis... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_VII
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Factor VIII
One of the proteins in the blood which is involved in clotting (deficient in haemophilia A). Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Factor VIII
Factor VIII: Factor eight, a key factor in the process of blood coagulation (clotting). Lack of normal factor VIII causes hemophilia (hemophilia A). The gene for classic hemophilia was long known to be on the X chromosome. Females carry the gene and transmit it to their hemophiliac sons. Female carr... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=3372
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factor viii
A coagulation (clotting) factor. Classic haemophilia (haemophilia A) is due to a congenital deficiency in the amount (or activity) of factor VIII. Factor VIII is also known as antihemophiliac factor (AHF) or antihemophiliac globulin (AHG). The gene for factor VIII (that for classic haemophilia) is o... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?factor+viii
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factor VIII
antihemophilic factor, a coagulation factor that is relatively storage-labile and participates in the intrinsic pathway of coagulation, acting (in concert with the von Willebrand factor) as a cofactor in activation of factor X. Deficiency, an X-linked recessive trait, causes hemophilia A. Called als... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Factor viii
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Factor VIII
Factor VIII (FVIII) is an essential blood clotting protein, also known as anti-hemophilic factor (AHF). In humans, Factor VIII is encoded by the F8 gene. Defects in this gene results in hemophilia A, a well known recessive X-linked coagulation disorder. Factor VIII participates in blood coagulation... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_VIII
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factor VIII
Also known as anti-hemophilic factor, an essential blood-clotting factor that is deficient or absent in people with hemophilia. Factor VIII is a protein that brings about the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin, which in turn creates fibrin fibers round which a blood clot forms. It is extracted fr... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/factor_VIII.html
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factor VIII
Type: Term Definitions: 1. in the clotting of blood, also known as: antihemophilic factor A (Brinkhous), antihemophilic globulin (1) (Patek and Taylor), antihemophilic globulin A (Cramer), plasma thromboplastin factor (Ratnoff), plasma thromboplastin factor A (Aggeler), thromboplastic plasma compone... Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=31831
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Factor XI
One of the proteins in the blood which is involved in clotting (deficient in people, especially Ashkenazi Jews). Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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