acquired coagulation factor inhibitor

Etiology

• antiphospholipid antibodies
• autoantibodies
  • factor II autoantibody
  • factor VIII autoantibody
  • factor IX autoantibody
  • factor XI autoantibody
  • factor XII autoantibody
  • factor XIII autoantibody

Laboratory

• revealed by plasma mixing studies
• addition of normal plasma to the patient's plasma will correct a deficiency in a coagulation factor, whereas will have less if any effect on a coagulation factor inhibitor

More general terms

• autoantibody

Additional terms

• anticoagulant
• anticoagulation