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factor VII deficiency

info · Genetic · ICD-10: D68.2

A blood coagulation disease that is characterized by easy bleeding, with symptoms of epistaxis, bleeding of the gums, menorrhagia, and occasionally hemarthrosis, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of mutation in the F7 gene, which encode

A blood coagulation disease that is characterized by easy bleeding, with symptoms of epistaxis, bleeding of the gums, menorrhagia, and occasionally hemarthrosis, and has_material_basis_in autosomal recessive inheritance of mutation in the F7 gene, which encodes coagulation factor VII, an important factor in the clotting cascade.

Signs and symptoms

  • Menorrhagia
  • Reduced factor VII activity
  • Prolonged bleeding after dental extraction
  • Joint hemorrhage
  • Bruising susceptibility
  • Epistaxis
  • Abnormal bleeding
  • Intramuscular hematoma
  • Intracranial hemorrhage

Medications that may treat it

factor IX factor VII factor VIII

Also known as: deficiency, stable