C-Reactive Protein: Is Early Prognostic Marker?
C-reactive protein (CRP) is synthesized by liver and is an acute phase protein (APP). It is upregulated under inflammatory stimulus of infection, injury, and tissue damage. 1970s mark the first identification of human CRP. Acute phase response (APR) inclu
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linical Significance of C-reactive Protein
Clinical Significance of C-reactive Protein
Waliza Ansar • Shyamasree Ghosh Editors
Clinical Significance of C-reactive Protein
Editors Waliza Ansar Department of Zoology Behala College Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Shyamasree Ghosh School of Biological Sciences NISER, India Orissa, India
ISBN 978-981-15-6786-5 ISBN 978-981-15-6787-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6787-2
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Contents
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Multiple Faces of C-Reactive Protein: Structure–Function Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waliza Ansar
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C-Reactive Protein and Neurodegenerative Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . Inês Lopes Cardoso and Fernanda Leal
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C-Reactive Protein in Inflammatory Bowel Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sayan Malakar
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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Markers of Oxidative Stress in Acute Myocardial Infarction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mriganka Baruah
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Role of CRP in Monitoring of Acute Pancreatitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Jawaid Ahmed Khan
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Role of SNP in CRP and Biology of Cancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Rishav Dasgupta and Shyamasree Ghosh
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Role of C-Reactive Protein in Tropical Infectious Diseases . . . . . . . 193 Junaid Jibran Jawed
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Acute Respiratory Ailments in Pediatric Age Group and Role of CRP in Diagnosis and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Chandra Shekhar Das
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Role of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) in Sepsis: Severity and Outcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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