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Statistical analysis allows a better evaluation of plasma protein patterns during the inflammatory state, in which there is an increase in the levels of acute phase reactants. An index is proposed for an overall evaluation of the modifications in plasma proteins induced by inflammation.
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Lapadula, G. Protein measurement of inflammation. La Ricerca Clin. Lab. 11, 223–227 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890528
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