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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015 Apr 30;45(2):220–228. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.04.014

Table 3.

Time frame of typical acute inflammation-related phenomena.

acute inflammation-related phenomena time span in days
total consumption time (time to death under complete anorexia)* 21 – 41
calcium consumption time** 50
germinal center reaction of B lymphocytes (antibody maturation & termination)* 21 – 28
maximum of immobilization-induced bone loss* until 42
healing time of uncomplicated, non-infected, unilocal fracture in rural Africa* 60
definition criterion of RA* longer than 42
definition criterion of juvenile idiopathic arthritis* longer than 42
*

According to refs. (4,42,89–91).

**

A theoretical time to depletion of all calcium from non-skeletal tissues in the presence of normal renal calcium excretion and without supply from the bone.