Stuart Prower Factor Definition

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Stuart Prower Factor: Storage-stable glycoprotein blood coagulation factor that can be activated to factor Xa by both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. A deficiency of factor X, sometimes called Stuart-Prower factor deficiency, may lead to a systemic coagulation disorder.

Synonym: autoprothrombin iii, factor x, coagulation factor x, blood coagulation factor x, stuart factor.