LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF DIC SYNDROME IN P ATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS

DIC-syndrome frequently associated with anemia is one of rheumatoid ar thritis complications which runs latently in the presence of hypercoag ulation and low fibrinolytic activity. The development of DIC syndrome in the above patients correlates with the process activity, pattern o f the disease, is independent of rheumatoid arthritis stage and durati on, the patients' age, immunological and serological characteristics. Concentrations of circulating immune complexes and DIC-syndrome are re lated in rheumatoid arthritis patients with anemia.