Factor X (Stuart-Prower Factor) (Last Updated - 3/29/2005)
-involved in the common pathway
-gets activated to form Factor Xa (the initiation of the common pathway) via catalysis by:
1) Calcium (Factor IV)
2) Phospholipids
3) Factor VIIa
4) Factor VIIIa
5) Factor IXa
-1/2-Life:
~36 hrs.
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References:
Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacologic Basis Of Therapeutics - 10th Edition - 2001. Chapter 55.