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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Inflammation > Acute-Phase Reaction

Preferred term

Acute-Phase Reaction  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acute Phase Response
  • Acute-Phase Response
  • Acute Phase Responses
  • Acute Phase State
  • Acute-Phase State
  • Phase Response, Acute
  • Reaction, Acute Phase
  • Reaction, Acute-Phase
  • Response, Acute Phase
  • Response, Acute-Phase
  • State, Acute-Phase

Note

  • note category: in presence of a disease, use /etiol, not /compl

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 92; was ACUTE PHASE REACTION 1987-91 (see under INFLAMMATION 1987-90)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000210

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