The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) remains a widely used clinical assay to assess systemic inflammation by measuring the rate at which erythrocytes settle in anticoagulated blood over a fixed ...

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ESRs can be slow to rise, and in 5%-10% of patients with polymyalgia-temporal arteritis, a second normal value may be needed to exclude these inflammatory illnesses. The assay for C-reactive protein, ...