Acute-Phase Reaction
Synonyms
Acute Phase Reaction
Acute Phase State
Acute-Phase Response
Acute-Phase State
Reaction, Acute Phase
Reaction, Acute-Phase
Response, Acute Phase
Response, Acute-Phase
State, Acute-Phase
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.