Test 1 analyser for determination of ESR. 1. Practical evaluation and comparison with the Westergren technique

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-25

  Hardeman, Max R ^a   Levitus, Marieke ^b   Pelliccia, Antonio ^c   Bouman, Anna A ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JAN VAN BREEMEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood sedimentation; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Laboratory instrumentation; Westergren, methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VACUUM; WESTERGREN TECHNIQUE;

AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76749114347     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365510903365952     Document Type: Article

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