C-reactive protein (CRP) assay to evaluate the inflammation
- Author:
Hoang Tich Huyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Inflammation
- MeSH:
Inflammation;
C-Reactive Protein;
diagnosis;
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2004;27(1):155-157
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Some protein, at acute phase were usually used to diagnose and to monitor the status of inflammation in infection diseases. In healthy person, CRP exists only in the form of patch, but CRP is as an sensitive indicator of a reaction of systemic inflammation, in turn, inflammation had a key role in physiopathology of arteriosclerosis. Person with high content of CRP will have a 4.5 fold risk of heart attack in comparing with healthy one. Moreover it has diverse manifestations in other severe diseases such as blood sugar disorders, dental gingival diseases, smoking, overweight and obese
