title: [Clinical studies of familial hereditary factor VII deficiency (author's transl)].
abstract: The discovery of a severe factor VII deficiency with increased bleeding tendency resulted in investigations of 22 members of the family. In the propositus and in two of his siblings a severe hypoproconvertinemia was demonstrated, a partial deficiency was found in ten persons. Studies of the family confirmed that this disorder is transmitted by an autosomal gene with intermediate penetrance. The mutated gene produces a severe deficiency in the homozygote and partial deficiency in the heterozygote. The parents of the homozygote patients were consanguineous. Hemorrhagic diathesis was noted only in patients with a severe factor VII deficiency. Causes for the variability of the clinical manifestations are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005168:Factor VII Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree
vernacular_title: Klinische Studien bei familiärem hereditärem Faktor-VII-Mangel.