: a clotting factor that is produced primarily in the liver under the influence of vitamin K and in its activated form is a proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction dependent on calcium ions and phospholipids and accelerated by factor V
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In Strategy 1, the revealing factor X is 3160/1600 = 1:98.
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Nicholas Diaco, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2018
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Nicholas Diaco, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2018
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“Factor X.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factor%20X. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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factor X
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: a clotting factor that is produced primarily in the liver under the influence of vitamin K and in its activated form is a proteolytic enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction dependent on calcium ions and phospholipids and accelerated by factor V
called also Stuart-Prower factor
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