Prothrombin Gainesville. A dysprothrombinemia in a pair of identical twins

Am J Hematol. 1981 Nov;11(3):223-31. doi: 10.1002/ajh.2830110302.

Abstract

A pair of identical twins was evaluated for menometrorrhagia and mild post-operative bleeding. Each had a slightly prolonged partial thromboplastin time and prothrombin time. Full hemostatic evaluation was normal, except that plasma prothrombin activity was 23% and 25% of normal with a Russell's viper venom assay. Each twin had 70% of normal plasma prothrombin antigen. Prothrombin kinetic data were obtained before and during hysterectomy. In these twins, infused prothrombin (Konyne) was found to have a volume of distribution of approximately one and one-half times the plasma volume and a half-life of 34 hours. The previously reported dysprothrombins are briefly reviewed. Prothrombin Gainesville is the twelfth such disorder reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diseases in Twins / blood
  • Diseases in Twins / congenital*
  • Female
  • Florida
  • Hemostasis
  • Humans
  • Hypoprothrombinemias / blood
  • Hypoprothrombinemias / complications
  • Hypoprothrombinemias / congenital*
  • Hysterectomy
  • Metrorrhagia / blood
  • Metrorrhagia / complications
  • Pedigree
  • Pregnancy
  • Prothrombin* / immunology
  • Twins*
  • Twins, Monozygotic*

Substances

  • Prothrombin