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Congenital prothrombin deficiency: an update.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Sept 2013
Lancellotti Stefano, Basso Maria, De Cristofaro Raimondo
Abstract excerpt
Prothrombin (factor II [FII]) deficiency is a rare inherited coagulation disorder, having a prevalence of approximately 1 in 2,000,000. Two phenotypes can be distinguished: (1) true hypoprothrombinemia (type I deficiency), characterized by concomitantly low levels of the zymogen antigen; and (2) dysprothrombinemia (type II deficiency), characterized by the normal or near-normal synthesis of a dysfunctional...
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