Owren's disease
Ow·ren's disease
noun \ˈō-renz-\Definition of OWREN'S DISEASE
Biographical Note for OWREN'S DISEASE
Owren, Paul A. (1905–1990), Norwegian hematologist. Owren conducted research on diseases of the blood, blood coagulation, thrombosis, coronary artery disease, and anticoagulin therapy. In 1947 he published a monograph on blood coagulation in which he reported on his study of an abnormal bleeding tendency in a woman caused by a deficiency of a newly discovered coagulation-promoting globulin. He called this globulin factor V. The condition caused by a deficiency of factor V is called parahemophilia or Owren's disease.
