Abstract
The serum concentrations of certain proteins are altered in various conditions such as infection, trauma, inflammatory arthritis, malignancy, autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases. These proteins are known as positive or negative acute phase reactants. While albumin and transferrin belong to the negative acute phase reactants, alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, alpha-1-antitrypsin, alpha-2-macroglobulin, C-reactive protein, ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin, serum amyloid A and fibrinogen are known as positive acute phase reactants. This review discusses the clinical use of C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and procalcitonin.
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