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Factor X Deficiency : Causes

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Causes Overview Articles

Factor X deficiency
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 coagulation factors. (Factor X is a coagulation factor) Each factor's reaction ...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 13, 2007

Specific Causes Articles

Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis is a progressive, incurable, metabolic disease characterized by abnormal deposits of protein in one or more organs or body systems. Amyloid proteins are manufactured by malfunctioning bone marrow.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Autosomal recessive
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.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 20, 2008
Liver disease
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
Source:ADAM
Date:July 28, 2006
Vitamin K Deficiency
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 .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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