scleroderma is a multisystem autoimmune connective tissue disease, cliaracterized by hardening of the skin. hv had 25 patients in the iranian pediatric unit of rheumatology over 10 years. there was female predominance if.m = 4/1, 80% female, 20% male). the age of onest was from 6 months to 16 years, the mean age being 10 years. the symptoms and signs were: nonpitting edema in 16%, liard skin in...

OBJECTIVE Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) may serve as a reasonably good indicator for coronary heart disease as usually ESR is elevated in these patients. The measurement of ESR is a very simple and cheap laboratory test that can be performed in routine blood examinations. In this study, we investigated the association between preoperative erythrocyte sedimentation rate and postoperative ...

To compare between standard Westergren and modified microhaematocrit method for determination for erythrocyte sedimentation rate Study design: A laboratory method comparative study. Subjects: blood samples from 80 individual subjects. For each subject, two methods for erythrocyte sedimentation rate determination were performed. The first method was the Westergren method as a standard method and...