Pathophysiology of antithrombin III deficiency.
1988
This article focuses on the pathophysiology of thrombosis in patients with acquired antithrombin III deficiency. Antithrombin III is an important natural inhibitor of the hemostatic mechanism, and a hypercoagulable state is often induced in diseases causing antithrombin III deficiency. Laboratory determination of antithrombin III activity is particularly useful in the clinical evaluation and therapeutic management of patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation, nephrotic syndrome, and severe hepatopathy.
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