c-reactive protein

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What does c-reactive protein mean?

A protein found in the blood, whose plasma concentrations are raised in patients with infection or inflammation.

Where does c-reactive protein come from?

On discovery (in 1930) the substance was observed to react to the C polysaccharide of pneumococcus.

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