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10.1007/bf02037672

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THE ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE THE ADEQUACY O

Authors: EDWIN G BANNICK ROBERT O GREGG CHESTER M GUERNSEY
Publish Date: 1937/10/16
Volume: 109, Issue: 16, Pages: 1257-1262
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Although estimation of the rate of sedimentation of erythrocytes has proved to be a valuable laboratory aid in clinical medicine it is not used as widely or as wisely as it should be used There are two chief reasons for this In the first place it is erroneously regarded by many physicians as a difficult technical procedure A survey of the voluminous literature on the subject will disclose that much of it is devoted to technicalities involved in performing and interpreting the test The original methods used by Fahraeus1 Westergren2 and Linzenmeier3 were simple but subsequent investigations aiming to improve the test and eliminate error have introduced numerous new technics Various types of anticoagulants and tubes varying in length and bore have been used Much has been written concerning the importance of frequent readings or measurements and various plans for charting readings have been devised The advisability

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