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Biological Factors > Blood Coagulation Factors > Factor IX
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Blood Coagulation Factors > Factor IX
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Enzyme Precursors > Factor IX
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzyme Precursors > Factor IX

Preferred term

Factor IX  

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  • Autoprothrombin II
  • Blood Coagulation Factor IX
  • Christmas Factor
  • Coagulation Factor IX
  • Factor 9
  • Factor IX, Coagulation
  • Factor IX Complex
  • Factor IX Fraction
  • Factor Nine
  • Plasma Thromboplastin Component

Scope note

  • Storage-stable blood coagulation factor acting in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. Its activated form, IXa, forms a complex with factor VIII and calcium on platelet factor 3 to activate factor X to Xa. Deficiency of factor IX results in HEMOPHILIA B (Christmas Disease).

In other languages

  • hyytymistekijä IX

    Finnish

  • Christmas-tekijä
  • faktori IX
  • hyytymisfaktori IX
  • Nonafact
  • Octanine
  • plasman tromboplastiinikomponentti
  • PTC
  • tekijä IX
  • Faktor IX

    Swedish

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005164

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