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Factor XII (Hageman factor) deficiency

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Blood clots
Blood clots
Treatment

Treatment is generally unnecessary.


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Expectations (prognosis)

The outcome is expected to be good without treatment.


Complications

There are usually no complications.


Calling your health care provider

This condition is usually discovered by the health care provider when prolonged clotting is noticed in the process of running other laboratory tests.


Review Date: 04/15/2005
Reviewed By: Rita Nanda, MD, Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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