Comparison of erythrocyte sedimentation rate measurement by the automated SEDIsystem™ and conventional Westergren method using the Bland and Altman statistical method

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 241-244

  AlFadhli, Suad M ^a   Al Awadhi, Anwar M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; SEDIsystem ; Westergren method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 20844451064     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085742     Document Type: Article

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