Measuring of ESR with TEST 1 is more useful than the westergren method in rheumatoid arthritis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 805-

  Lee, Woong Soo ^a   Kim, Think You ^b  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANALYZER; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 70449711256     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP93WTARBGZUSX     Document Type: Letter

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