Erythrocyte sedimentation in columns and the significance of ESR

Biorheology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 477-488

  Woodland, N B ^a   Cordatos, K ^a   Hung, W T ^a   Reuben, A ^a   Holley, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR; Model; Rouleaux; Westergren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030453564     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-355X(97)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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