An Israeli family of Persian origin was investigated for factor VII deficiency. The proposita, derived from a consanguineous marriage, had repeated thrombophlebitis attacks, pulmonary embolism and rectal bleeding. The family studied and the proposita had low factor VII procoagulant activity and low factor VII antigen.
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Shifter et al. (2009) studied this question.