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Acute inflammation is the local response of living tissue to injury; the latter may include trauma, chemicals, radiation, vascular necrosis, heat and cold, organisms and antigen-antibody reactions. It includes a vascular response, formation of an exudate, and other changes.
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Chard, T., Lilford, R. (1998). Pathology. In: Basic Sciences for Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0595-4_5
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