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Blood clot formation

Blood clots

Extrinsic factor deficiency

• Bleeding from mucus membranes
• Bleeding into joints
• Bleeding into muscles
• Excessive bruising
• Excessive menstrual bleeding
• Nosebleeds (epistaxis)

• Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
• Plasma factor VII activity
• Prothrombin time (PT)

Diagnosing a bleeding disorder is important so that the doctor can take extra care if you need surgery, and can test or warn other family members who might be affected.

Review Date: 02/28/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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