<prompt> Which of the following statements about coagulation factor VII is not true?Deficiency is associated with prolonged APTTDeficiency can be managed by Fresh Frozen plasmaDeficiency is inherited as an Autosomal Recessive traitHas a shoer half life in comparison to Hageman factor XII  <response>: Factor VII is a 56kd single chain, vitamin K dependent zymogen component of the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. So, its deficiency is associated with prolongation of PT not APTT. APTT is prolonged in case of deficiency of coagulation factors involved in intrinsic pathway. Ref: Autoantibodies By James B. Pete, Pages 179-80 