"Factor XII" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005174
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.125.450 D23.119.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Factor XII- Factor XII
- Factor Twelve
- Hageman Factor
- Factor 12
- Coagulation Factor XII
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