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This disorder occurs when you lack factor VII, an important clotting protein. When you bleed, the body launches a series of activities that help the blood clot. This is called the coagulation cascade. The process involves special proteins called c...
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An abnormal gene on one of the autosomal chromosomes (one of the first 22 "non-sex" chromosomes) from each parent is required to cause the disease. People with only one abnormal gene in the gene pair are called carriers, but since the gene is recessive they do not exhibit the disease. In other words, the normal gene of the pair can supply the function of the gene so that the abnormal gene is described as acting in a recessive manner. BOTH parents must be carriers in order for a child to have symptoms of the disease. A child who inherits the gene from one parent will be a carrier.
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The term "liver disease" applies to many diseases and disorders that cause the liver to function improperly or cease functioning. Abnormal results of liver function tests often suggest liver disease. See also: Amebic liver abscess Autoimmune hepatitis Biliary atresia Cirrhosis Coccidioidomycosis; disseminated Delta agent (Hepatitis D) Drug-induced cholestasis Hemochromatosis Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatocellular carcinoma Liver cancer Liver disease due to alcohol Primary biliary cirrhosis Pyogenic liver abscess Reye's syndrome sclerosing cholangitis Wilson's disease
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Detailed information on disorders of the liver, including alcohol-induced liver disease, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, congenital defects, hepatitis, liver tumors, and liver transplantation
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Detailed information on the most common liver disorders in children
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Detailed information on how the liver works, including a full-color, labeled illustration of the digestive system
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Detailed information on digestive and liver disorders during pregnancy
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Glossary of terms relating to liver, biliary, and pancreatic disorders
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Can having Lupus cause you to then get chronic liver disease? Are the two connected?
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Detailed information on liver, biliary, and pancreatic disorders
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Detailed information on liver diseases, including the most common characteristics of liver disease such as jaundice, cholestasis, liver enlargement, portal hypertension, esophageal varices, ascites, liver encephalopathy, and liver failure
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Detailed information on common characteristics of liver disease
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Detailed information on liver, biliary, and pancreatic disorders
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List of online resources to find additional information on liver, biliary, and pancreatic disorders
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Vitamin K deficiency exists when chronic failure to eat sufficient amounts of vitamin K results in a tendency for spontaneous bleeding or in prolonged and excessive bleeding with trauma or injury. Vitamin K deficiency occurs also in newborn infants, as well as in people treated with certain antibiotics .
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