ENGLISH

Clinical Significance of C-reactive Protein

By Waliza Ansar , Shyamasree Ghosh

Book information

Publisher
Springer Singapore
Year
2020
ISBN
9789811567872, 0000028463, 1780200808, 0000053730, 0000096055, 0000158281, 1017033108
DOI
10.1007/978-981-15-6787-2
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
42 MB (43704755 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
313\0
Time added
2020-12-17 13:26:56

Description

This book explores the latest developments in the field the acute phase protein (APP), C-reactive protein or CRP in different diseases, highlighting the structural and functional aspects of CRP in disease biology.Divided into 5 sections, the book examines important topics such as the role of CRP in neurodegenerative, cardiac and parasitic diseases, as well as in cancer and inflammatory bowel disease, and the expression of CRP in pediatric respiratory diseases. In addition it discusses the clinical role of CRP in diagnostics and therapeutics, sepsis, ICU and ITU patients, and also as a primary marker for inflammation. Given its scope, this book will appeal to scholars in various fields of medicine and biology.

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