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Definition of Factor xiii

1. Noun. In the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot.

Medical Definition of Factor xiii

1. Fibrin stabilizing factor. It is a glycoprotein activated by thrombin in the presence of calcium to form factor xiiia. Factor xiii is found evenly distributed between plasma and platelets. Its function is to stabilise the formation of the fibrin polymer (clot) which culminates the coagulation cascade. Chemical name: Blood-coagulation factor XIII (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Factor Xiii

Literary usage of Factor xiii

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1. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Evaluationsby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL factor xiii DEFICIENCY. TREATMENT OF LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME. FOR THE SUPPRESSION AND CONTROL OF COLONIC ADENOMATOUS POLYPS IN THE ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... Avian spp. comparative study of blood coagulation factor XIII with mammalian species, 158. 68 AV shunt effect of neural control of in dog hindpaw, 157. ..."

3. The History of Dundee: Being an Account of the Origin and Progress of the by James Thomson, James Maclaren (1874)
"Patrons—the Provost, Dean of Guild, Parish Minister, and First Master of the Academy. The Town-Chamberlain, Factor. XIII. ..."

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