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proconvertin
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proconvertin /pro·con·ver·tin/ (-kon-ver´tin) coagulation factor VII.
pro·con·ver·tin (prkn-vûrtn)
n.

proconvertin (prō´knvur´tin),
n (autoprothrombin I, cofactor V, cothromboplastin, factor VII, precursor of serum prothrombin conversion accelerator pro-SPCA], stable factor), variously described as the inactive precursor of convertin. Recently proconvertin has been considered as a collective term for pro-SPCA and Stuart factor.

proconvertin
clotting factor VII.

proconvertin deficiency
occurs in Beagle dogs and also Alaskan malamutes, causing no apparent bleeding tendency but may be associated with a predisposition to demodectic mange.


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