Other Factor Deficiencies
- This includes Factor
I, Factor II, Factor V, Factor VII, Factor X, Factor XI, Factor, XII,
and Factor XIII.
- There are ten clotting
factors that are necessary in forming a blood clot. Deficiencies
in Factors VIII and IX are well known to most people, but what of the
other factor deficiencies? Not everyone is as familiar with these
conditions because they are diagnosed so rarely. To date, deficiencies
in eight of the lesser known coagulation factors have been documented
in the medical literature. Many of these disorders were only discovered
or described within the last 40 years.
- This was sourced
from the National Hemophilia Foundation website (www.hemophilia.org)