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Preferred term

Factor XII  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Stable blood coagulation factor activated by contact with the subendothelial surface of an injured vessel. Along with prekallikrein, it serves as the contact factor that initiates the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. Kallikrein activates factor XII to XIIa. Deficiency of factor XII, also called the Hageman trait, leads to increased incidence of thromboembolic disease. Mutations in the gene for factor XII that appear to increase factor XII amidolytic activity are associated with HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA TYPE III.

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Entry terms

  • 9001-30-3
  • Blood-coagulation factor XII
  • Coagulation Factor XII
  • Factor 12
  • Factor Twelve
  • Hageman Factor

In other languages

  • French

  • 9001-30-3
  • Blood-coagulation factor XII
  • Facteur de Hageman
  • Facteur Hageman
  • Facteur XII de la coagulation
  • Facteur XII de la coagulation sanguine

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P6Z58324-4

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