C-reactive protein and erythrocyte sedimentation rate discordance: Frequency and causes in adults

Translational Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-43

  Feldman, Mark ^a   Aziz, Bilal ^a   Kang, Gha Na ^a   Opondo, Mildred A ^a   Belz, Randall K ^a   Sellers, Connie ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BONE AND JOINT INFECTIONS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84870949067     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: 18781810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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