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.