KROK 1 2008 – Question 24 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
A 38 year old patient suffers from rheumatism in its active phase. What laboratory characteristic of blood serum is of diagnostic importance in case of this pathology?
- A. Uric acid
- B. Creatinine
- C. C-reactive protein
- D. Urea
- E. Transferrin
Hint
Think of which liver-made acute-phase protein climbs sharply in the blood during active systemic inflammation and falls as it subsides.
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