Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Stedman's > C-reactive protein

C-reactive protein

a β-globulin found in the serum of various people with certain inflammatory, degenerative, and neoplastic diseases; although the protein is not a specific antibody, it precipitates in vitro the C polysaccharide present in all types of pneumococci.


 

 

 

 

 

 



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