How to use the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in paediatrics

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education and Practice Edition

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-36

  Ramsay, Elaine S ^a   Lerman, Melissa A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM AMYLOID A;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOFIBRINOGENEMIA; INFECTION; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BLOOD; CHILD; INFLAMMATION;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CHILD; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84921688524     PISSN: 17430585     EISSN: 17430593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305349     Document Type: Article

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