THE primary purpose of this report is to describe the salutary effect of pregnancy on the coagulation defect due to factor X (Prower-Stuart factor) deficiency in a recently diagnosed case of this ...

THE increasing enthusiasm for treating thromboembolic diseases with prothrombin-reducing drugs for long periods in ambulatory patients has emphasized the lack of clear definition of the therapeutic ...

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The authors review 8 cases of thrombosis in uncommon sites caused by protein S deficiency. Hypercoagulability, venous stasis, and vessel wall injury predispose to thrombus formation. Thrombophilia can ...

DURING routine screening tests on a group of beagle dogs before a toxicological test, it was noted that several dogs showed a prolonging of the one-stage prothrombin time. Some of these dogs were ...

For patients who experience excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC), a blood product that contains clotting factors, is significantly more ...