Three-way comparison of methods for the measurement of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Mahlangu, Johnny Ndoni ^a   Davids, Melony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comparison; ESR; ESR Auto Plus ; Evaluation; HumaSed; Method; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53549112785     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20267     Document Type: Article

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