Length of sedimentation reaction in undiluted blood (erythrocyte sedimentation rate): Variations with sex and age and reference limits

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 451-454

  Piva, E ^a   Sanzari, M C ^a   Servidio, G ^a   Plebani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Length of sedimentation reaction in blood (use erythrocyte sedimentation rate); Reference limits; Undiluted specimen

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VEINS;

EID: 0034983370     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2001.071     Document Type: Article

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