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Substances in the bloodstream, especially vitamin K, that are important in the process of blood clotting. Prolonged bleeding is produced when these substances are absent.
Also: Clotting Factor
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Topics Related To Clotting Factors
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| Calcium Requirement | The Condition
"...Calcium is also needed for blood clotting and activating clotting factors..."
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Vitamin K |
As A Treatment
"...Not only is vitamin K involved in the synthesis of clotting factors VII, IX, and X; it is also involved in the conversion of pre-prothrombin to prothrombin (the precursor to thrombin), which is important in fibrin blood clot formation..."
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Vitamin K Requirement |
The Condition
"...The clotting factors are proteins, and include proteins called Factor II, Factor VII, Factor IX, and Factor X..."
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Last updated: May 10, 2007
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