Length of sedimentation reaction in blood: A comparison of the TEST 1 ESR system with ICSH reference method and the sedisystem 15

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 232-237

  Romero, Adolfo ^a   Muñoz, Manuel ^b   Ramírez, Gemma ^a  

^a Jefe del Servicio de Hematologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR); K2 EDTA; Length of sedimentation reaction; Micro sedimentation; Westergren method

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMERA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; EDETIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037228325     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.037     Document Type: Article

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