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Acute-phase proteins were determined in serum of 20 women with systemic sclerosis and 10 age-matched healthy controls. All the patients had had symptoms of the disease less than five years. An increase in only a few proteins (haptoglobin, α1-acid glycoprotein, complement component C3 and α2-macroglobulin) was found. The results indicate for the impaired acute phase response in patients with systemic sclerosis.
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Received: 25 August 1999 / Accepted: 25 August 1999
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Kucharz, E., Grucka-Mamczar, E., Mamczar, A. et al. Acute-Phase Proteins in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis. Clin Rheumatol 19, 165–166 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100670050039
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100670050039