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Blood Coagulation

Excessive Blood Clotting
Background, causes, symptoms, and treatment of hypercoagulability.

The Factor VIIa Source
Information about topics related to the pathophysiology, pharmacology, and clinical aspects of bleeding, coagulation, and hemostasis, including information about recombinant coagulation Factor VIIa.

Guidelines on Therapeutic Products to Treat Haemophilia and Other Hereditary Coagulation Disorders
Introduction and methods, manufacture of therapeutic coagulation factor concentrates, safety data on which recommendations are based, licensing status, therapeutic guidelines, clinical audit and a review of the guidelines.

Hypercoagulable States
Thomas G. DeLoughery Associate Professor of Medicine defines this term and does an in depth article.

Medline Plus: Congenital Protein C or S Deficiency
Brief information about these hypercoagulability disorders including causes, treatment, and prognosis.

Medline Plus: Factor V Deficiency
Provides brief information about this inherited bleeding disorder, which is similar to hemophilia. Includes causes, symptoms, and prognosis.

Medline Plus: Factor VII Deficiency
Brief information about this inherited bleeding disorder including causes, symptoms, and prognosis.

Medline Plus: Factor X Deficiency
Information about this inherited disorder that causes abnormal bleeding including causes, treatment, and prognosis.

Medline Plus: Factor XII Deficiency
Also known as Hageman factor, this is a congenital coagulation disorder that causes prolonged coagulation in a test tube but does not cause abnormal bleeding. Includes brief information.

Molecular Genetics of Blood Clotting
David Ginsburg, M.D: An article covering von Willebrand Factor, coagulation factor V, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, primary pulmonary hypertension and bone marrow transplantation.