Factor X deficiency.

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Factor X is one of the vitamin K-dependent serine proteases. It plays a crucial role in the coagulation cascade, as the first enzyme in the common pathway of thrombus formation. The gene for factor X maps to the long arm of chromosome 13, approximately 2.8 kb downstream of the factor VII gene. The gene consists of eight exons, each of which encodes a specific functional domain within the protein. Both the gene...

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