erythrocyte
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Although tests for RA were negative, her erythrocyte sedimentation rate and other inflammatory markers were elevated.
From Washington Post
The test measures the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, or how fast red blood cells fall in a test tube.
From New York Times
Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 domain cassettes 8 and 13 are associated with severe malaria in children.
From Nature
All isolated cells were depleted of erythrocytes by hypotonic lysis.
From Nature
Most doctors suspecting PMR order several blood tests, almost always two that look for inflammation: the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, known as the ESR test, and another for CRP, or C-reactive protein.
From Washington Post
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