Fibrinogen related antigens in acute pancreatitis

Schmidt, A.; Svend-Hansen, H.; Gormsen, J.

Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica 142(4): 327-328

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5482
PMID: 961320
Document Number: 109511
The fibrinogen related antigens were measured in 22 consecutive patients with acute pancreatitis. During the attack a marked elevation was seen, the values normalizing in the quiet phase. This may be due to either intravascular and/or extravascular degradation of fibrinogen-fibrin. As other authors have demonstrated intravascular coagulation experimentally in animals with pancreatitis, the authors stress that intravascular coagulation may play an important role in the patheogenesis of acute pancreatitis.

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