ICJIM
Intercontinental Journal of Internal Medicine

The Intercontinental Journal of Internal Medicine aims to publish issues related to all fields of internal medicine of the highest scientific and clinical value at an international level and accepts articles on these topics. This journal is indexed by indices that are considered international scientific journal indices (DRJI, ESJI, OAJI, etc.). According to the current Associate Professorship criteria, it is within the scope of International Article 1-d. Each article published in this journal corresponds to 5 points.

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Acute phase reactants
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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.

Keywords : Acute phase reactants, CRP, ESR, procalcitonin

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 3, 2024
Page : 74-76
https://doi.org/10.51271/ICJIM-0040
Article Information
Received : 11 Haz 2024
Accepted : 24 Ağu 2024
Published : 28 Ağu 2024
Corresponding Author :

İlknur Akkuş: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey

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Citation : Akkuş İ, Kaçmaz B. Acute phase reactants. Intercont J Int Med. 2024;2(3):74-76.

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