血沉（ESR）即红细胞沉降率，是指红细胞在一定条件下沉降的速度，实验中通常以红细胞在一个小时内下沉的距离，表示为红细胞的沉降速度。 ESR 在临床中应用广泛，虽然 ESR 对于疾病诊断的特异性不高，但 ESR 增快可反映出机体存在炎症或损伤，其水平可作为 ...

Dr. Ruderman answers the question: 'What Is Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate?' — -- Question: What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate (sed rate) and how is it used to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis?

Bethesda, MD - One of clinical medicine's oldest tools—the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)—surpassed serum C-reactive protein (CRP) as a measure of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity and may be ...

C-met as a therapeutic target using ARQ 197 in renal cell carcinoma. Background: Systemic inflammation has been associated with increased tumor grade and disease progression in renal cell carcinoma ...

The 1997 international consensus conference on renal cell cancer (RCC) prognosis suggested erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and anaemia as prognostic biomarkers, but ...