in order to verify whether measurement of plasma fibronectin ( fn ) could represent a useful tool in acute-phase-response assessment , fn was measured in 16 previously untreated patients ( group a ) affected by polymyalgia rheumatica giant cell arteritis ( pmr-gca ) , both before , during , and after 45 days of steroid therapy , and its course was compared with the behavior of some acute-phase reactants such as erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( esr ) , fibrinogen ( fng ) , and prealbumin ( preal ) .
C0001347
acute-phase reactants
C0016006
fibrinogen