See Also: plasma thromboplastin factor B(medicine)
plasma thromboplastin factor(medicine)
plasma thromboplastin antecedent(medicine)
plasma thromboplastin component(medicine)
plasma factor X(medicine)
plasma labile factor(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
thromboplastin(medicine)
partial thromboplastin time(medicine)
tissue thromboplastin inhibition time(medicine)

plasma thromboplastin factor (medicine)


plasma thromboplastin factor -->
factor viii


A coagulation (clotting) factor. Classic haemophilia (haemophilia A) is due to a congenital deficiency in the amount (or activity) of factor VIII. Factor VIII is also known as antihemophiliac factor (AHF) or antihemophiliac globulin (AHG). The gene for factor VIII (that for classic haemophilia) is on the X chromosome so females can be silent carriers without symptoms and males can be haemophiliacs.