HEMOSTASIS IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIATIC-ART HRITIS

The study of hemostatic system in patients with psoriatic arthritis (P A) has revealed a significant enhancement of coagulation, growth in pr othrombin comsumption, high concentration of fibrinogen and prothrombi n index in all the PA patients. These changes were more pronounced in synovial and synovial-osteal affection of the joints. It is shown that PA patients develop coagulation defects with predominant hypercoagula tion shifts enabling early articular impairment.