Svensk definition
Lagringsstabil blodkoagulationsfaktor med inre verkan. Dess aktiverade form, IXa, bildar komplex med faktor VIII och kalcium på blodplättsfaktor 3 så att faktor X aktiveras till Xa. Brist på faktor IX leder till hemofili B (Christmas sjukdom). Syn. hemofili B-faktor; Christmas faktor.
Engelsk definition
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).
Svenska synonymer
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Engelska synonymer
Factor Nine — Autoprothrombin II — Christmas Factor — Factor IX Fraction — Plasma Thromboplastin Component — Blood Coagulation Factor IX — Factor IX Complex — Factor 9 — Coagulation Factor IX — Factor IX, Coagulation