| Literature DB >> 2506539 |
J Woo1, M Arumanayagam, D MacDonald, K S Woo.
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The acute phase response in middle aged and elderly patients was compared by measuring the ratio of the peak C-reactive protein to peak creatine kinase level during the three day period after acute myocardial infarction. No difference in ratio was observed between a middle aged group of 14 patients (10.2 +/- 4.0 mean +/- s.e.), and an elderly group of 13 patients (9.1 +/- 1.5). C-reactive protein levels in two groups of middle aged and elderly control patients were similar (10.1 +/- 0.04 mg/l and 11.8 +/- 0.10 mg/l respectively). Production of C-reactive protein does not appear to be impaired in the elderly.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2506539 PMCID： PMC2429136 DOI： 10.1136/pgmj.65.759.7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Postgrad Med J ISSN： 0032-5473 Impact factor: 2.401