Concept information
Preferred term
Factor VIII
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Factor VIII of blood coagulation. Antihemophilic factor that is part of the factor VIII/von Willebrand factor complex. Factor VIII is produced in the liver and acts in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. It serves as a cofactor in factor X activation and this action is markedly enhanced by small amounts of thrombin.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- 9001-27-8
- Blood Coagulation Factor VIII
- Blood-coagulation factor VIII, complex
- Coagulation Factor VIII
- Factor 8
- Factor Eight
- Thromboplastinogen
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- biosynthesis (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
Pharmacological Action(s)
In other languages
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French
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9001-27-8
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Blood-coagulation factor VIII, complex
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Facteur anti-hémophilique A
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Facteur antihémophilique A
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Facteur VIII de la coagulation
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Facteur VIII de la coagulation sanguine
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Thromboplastinogène
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LWNTJNKQ-7
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