anticoagulant

Classification

• drugs
• autoantibodies that inhibit activity of a clotting factor (in vitro coagulation tests fail to correct with addition of normal plasma)
• autoantibodies that enhance clearance of a clotting factor from circulation (in vitro coagulation tests correct with addition of normal plasma)
• alloantibodies to factor VIII occurs in up to 20-25% of hemophiliacs transfused with factor VIII

More general terms

• antithrombotic agent

More specific terms

• endogenous anticoagulant
• FXI-ASO
• in-vitro anticoagulant
• pharmaceutical anticoagulant

Additional terms

• anticoagulant-induced prothrombin deficiency
• anticoagulation
• coagulation
• lupus anticoagulant