Concept information
- Research, Technology, Methods
- blood composition
- blood chemistry
- blood proteins
- blood coagulation factors
- Research, Technology, Methods
- blood composition
- blood chemistry
- blood proteins
- blood coagulation factors
Preferred term
factor VIII
Type
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Chemical
Definition
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Antihemophilic factor that is part of the factor VIII/von Willebrand factor complex. Factor VIII is produced in the liver and acts in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation.
Source: Medical Subject Headings 2012
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Synonyms
- blood coagulation factor 8
- blood coagulation factor VIII
- coagulation factor VIII
- thromboplastinogen
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/148906
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