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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Non-specific marker influenced by inflammation and several non-inflammatory factors; it changes more slowly than some acute-phase markers such as CRP.
What is measured?
The level, concentration or activity of this biomarker measured in the relevant blood sample.
What the result represents?
Aden's range
What a raised or a low result can indicate
How Aden reads it as part of a system?
Aden reads this result alongside hsCRP, fibrinogen, white blood cell differential and your previous measurements. It is treated as one part of the wider inflammation picture, not as a diagnosis on its own.
What changes between tests?
Which related markers give it context?
hsCRP, fibrinogen, white blood cell differential
How to get this tested?
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