Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and C-reactive Protein ...

C-reactive Protein CRP was discovered by Tillet and Francis in 1930 in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia, where it was found to interact with the C-polysaccharide of streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall, hence the term C-reactive protein.11 Originally CRP was measured qualita-tively using the Quelling reaction, which involved precipitation of ................
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