Test Overview of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) is a non-specific measure of inflammation, and is not sensitive enough to pick up low-level inflammation such as that which causes arteriosclerosis [Myhill2018, pg 96].

References regarding Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)

  • [Myhill2018] Sarah Myhill. Sustainable Medicine: Whistle-Blowing on 21st-Century Medical Practice. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing (2018).

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    [FMU] Lecture notes from Functional Medicine University.

    [SCNM] Lecture notes from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.

    [UT] Lecture notes from the University of Tennessee graduate programs in Chemistry, Microbiology, and Biochemistry.