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Acute-Phase Reaction| Name | Acute-Phase Reaction |
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| Synonyms | Acute Phase Reaction | Acute-Phase Response | Acute Phase State | Acute-Phase State | Reaction, Acute Phase | Reaction, Acute-Phase | Response, Acute Phase | Response, Acute-Phase | State, Acute-Phase |
| Definition | An early local inflammatory reaction to insult or injury that consists of fever, an increase in inflammatory humoral factors, and an increased synthesis by hepatocytes of a number of proteins or glycoproteins usually found in the plasma. |
| Categories | Pathology (process) |
| MeSH® ID | D000210 |
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