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In [[medicine]], the '''erythrocyte sedimentation rate''', also called '''sed rate''' or '''ESR''', is "Measurement of rate of settling of erythrocytes in anticoagulated blood."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref name="pmid3954279">{{cite journal| author=Sox HC, Liang MH| title=The erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Guidelines for rational use. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 1986 | volume= 104 | issue= 4 | pages= 515-23 | pmid=3954279 | In [[medicine]], the '''erythrocyte sedimentation rate''', also called '''sed rate''' or '''ESR''', is "Measurement of rate of settling of erythrocytes in anticoagulated blood."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref><ref name="pmid3954279">{{cite journal| author=Sox HC, Liang MH| title=The erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Guidelines for rational use. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 1986 | volume= 104 | issue= 4 | pages= 515-23 | pmid=3954279 | ||
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3954279 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> High values may be due to high [[fibrinogen]] ([[ | | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&email=badgett@uthscdsa.edu&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3954279 }} <!--Formatted by http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/cite/--></ref> High values may be due to high [[fibrinogen]] ([[Coagulation]] factor I) levels in the serum. | ||
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In medicine, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, also called sed rate or ESR, is "Measurement of rate of settling of erythrocytes in anticoagulated blood."[1][2] High values may be due to high fibrinogen (Coagulation factor I) levels in the serum.
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Sox HC, Liang MH (1986). "The erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Guidelines for rational use.". Ann Intern Med 104 (4): 515-23. PMID 3954279.