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Acute-Phase Reaction

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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.  note category: in presence of a dis, use /etiol, not /compl    Other names Response, Acute-Phase; Reaction, Acute-Phase; Acute-Phase State; State, Acute-Phase; Response, Acute Phase; Reaction, Acute Phase; Acute-Phase Response; Acute Phase State; Acute Phase Reaction

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