Sunday, September 24, 2023

Disorders of Fibrinogen (Clotting Factor I)

Quantitative Disorders 

o   Inherited

§  Autosomal Recessive Afibrinogenemia

§  Autosomal Dominant Hypofibrinogenemia 

o   Acquire

§  Hypofibrinogenemia

§  Hyperfibrinogenemia

Qualitative Disorders 

o   Inherited

§  Autosomal Dominant Dysfibrinogenemia

§  Autosomal Dominant Hypodysfibrinogenemia

o   Acquired

§  Liver disease

§  Malignancies 

§  Antifibrinogen antibodies 

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Domain Structure of Clotting Factor VIII (FVIII)

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