A comparative study of four methods for detecting fibrinogen degradation products in patients with various diseases.

Adult Agglutination Tests Arthritis, Rheumatoid/blood Blood Coagulation/drug effects Blood Coagulation Disorders/diagnosis Blood Coagulation Factors/analysis Blood Coagulation Tests Contraceptives, Oral/pharmacology Erythrocytes False Negative Reactions False Positive Reactions Female Fibrin/metabolism Fibrinogen/metabolism Fibrinolysin/analysis Fibrinolysis Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests Hodgkin Disease/blood Humans Immunoassay Immunodiffusion Kidney Diseases/blood Liver Cirrhosis/blood Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/blood Male Methods Middle Aged Myocardial Infarction/blood Neoplasms/blood Plasminogen/analysis Staphylococcus

Blood Coagulation Factors Contraceptives, Oral Fibrin Fibrinogen Plasminogen Fibrinolysin