Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: Innovative techniques for an obsolete test?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-116

  Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANTICOAGULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037228840     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.019     Document Type: Editorial

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