Sunday, February, 12, 2012

Factor X deficiency

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Alternative Names

Stuart-Prower deficiency


Symptoms
  • Bleeding into joints
  • Muscle bleeding
  • Mucus membrane bleeding
  • Nosebleeds (epitaxis)

Signs and tests
  • Low factor X activity
  • Normal thrombin time
  • Prolonged partial thromboplastin time
  • Prolonged prothrombin time


Review Date: 02/28/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)