Measuring hsCRP—An Important Part of a Comprehensive Risk Profile or a Clinically Redundant Practice?

James P. McCormack; G. Michael Allan

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000196

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Measuring hsCRP—An Important Part of a Comprehensive Risk Profile or a Clinically Redundant Practice?

James P. McCormack ,

* E-mail: jmccorma@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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G. Michael Allan

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Measuring hsCRP—An Important Part of a Comprehensive Risk Profile or a Clinically Redundant Practice?

James P. McCormack,
G. Michael Allan

Published: February 2, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000196

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hsCRP is just CRP

Posted by ikushner on 03 Feb 2010 at 17:00 GMT

The authors write about measuring high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). This usage perpetuates the misleading impression that hsCRP is different in some way from the CRP that we have long been familiar with. hsCRP is not a unique analyte. High-sensitivity does not refer to a protein, but to a sensitive assay. The authors should avoid perpetuating this widely held misconception.

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hsCRP is just CRP

Posted by ikushner on 03 Feb 2010 at 17:00 GMT