Coagulation Factors
Dr.A.P.Ganesan
Komarapalayam
Coagulation of blood occurs through a series of reaction due to activation of a group of substances necessary for clotting - called clotting factors
Thirteen clotting factors are identified
Factor I - Fibrinogen
Factor II - Prothrombin
Factor III - Thromboplastin
Factor IV - Calcium
Factor V - Labile factor
Factor VI - not existing
Factor VII - Stable factor
Factor VIII - Antihemophilic factor
Factor IX - Christmas factor
Factor X - Stuart Prower factor
Factor XI - Plasma thromboplastin antecedent
Factor XII - Hageman factor
Factor XIII - Fibrin stabilizing factor
VI Factor - accelerin (an activated form of factor V
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