Gario
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Hi everyone,
Why is Factor IX also called Christmas factor?
According to the information I found on the internet,
it's named after the patient, Stephen Christmas,
who was the first case to be studied.
Is it true?
Regards,
Gary
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| Renegade
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This appears to give a minor insight...
http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/hemophilia/a/122...
And I know everyone posts at Pathology, but you really think it belongs here?..
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| mjl1717
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Well lets tun it into a good q:
What happens to the PT,PTT, clotting time, bleeding time in classical hemophilia and Xmas disease?
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| MLF
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Since part of intrinsic pathway, only PTT will be prolonged, and everything else will be normal.
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| mani
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pt normal, ptt prolonged, bleeding time normal
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| Malaysian
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going one step ahead.....how will you differentiate christmas disease from hemophilia A??
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| mani
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check blood levels of factor VIII n IX
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| Malaysian
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OK.....but
if you were to chose a bleeding parameter only what test would you go with then?
if you were to go by genetic inheritance what would you see?
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| mani
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no difference then!!
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| Malaysian
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Good!!It was a trick question!
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