ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Disseminated intravascular coagulation
;
Fibrin-fibrinogen degradation products
;
Fibrinogenolysis
;
Fibrinolysis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Fibrin-fibrinogen degradation products in serum from five children with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) were characterized using a method of immunoabsorption followed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. All of the samples contained not only fragment D-dimer which was produced on plasmin lysis of cross-linked fibrin, but also fibrinogen degradation products (fragments X, Y and D). These results suggest that both fibrinogenolysis and fibrinolysis take place simultaneously in DIC.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00442327