Term ID: |
32198 |
Name: |
Decreased prothrombin time |
Synonym: |
Decreased INR; Decreased international normalised ratio; Decreased international normalized ratio; Decreased PT |
Definition: |
Abnormally short time to coagulation in the prothrombin time test, which is a measure of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. The results of the prothrombin time test are often expressed in terms of the International normalized ratio (INR), which is calculated as a ratio of the patient's prothrombin time (PT) to a control PT standardized for the potency of the thromboplastin reagent developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) using the formula: INR is equal to Patient PT divided by Control PT. |
Comments: |
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Reference: |
HP:0032198 |
Genes and Diseases: | |
Child Nodes: |
Sister Nodes: |
Genes (2) :AGA HMGCL
Diseases (2) :OMIM:208400 OMIM:246450 |
Human Phenotype Ontology(HPO) is developed by the Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium. The version used here is December 15 2022 release.
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