Objective:The objective of the study was to ascertain the mutations prevalent in families with patients with heterozygous Factor X (FX) deficiency and a bleeding tendency. Patients and Methods: Eight families with proven heterozygous FX deficiency were investigated. Two of these families were studied by the authors, whereas six were gathered from the literature. All families were composed only by heterozygotes or normal subject. No homozygotes were present. FX activity was evaluated according to the extrinsic (tissue thromboplastin), intrinsic (cephalin), and Russell viper venom-dependent assay. FX antigen was assayed by an ELISA method. Molecular analysis was carried out by the Sanger method. Results: FX activity was about 50% of normal regardless of the assay used. FX antigen was instead normal. The two home investigated families showed the Pro343Ser and the Arg405Gly mutation. The mutations reported in the other families were Asp282Asn, Gla25Lys, Gly366Ser, Arg114Gly, Arg405Gly, and Val196Met. Five of these mutation involved exon 8 of the catalytic domain. The remaining three involved exons 2, 5, or 6, respectively. Conclusions: There is no association between a specific mutation and the bleeding tendency. Bleeding in heterozygous FX deficiency correlates with FX activity level rather than with mutations.