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• n  the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation

• erythrocyte sedimentation rate
• ESR
• sed rate

News & Articles

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• Mast Therapeutics Announces New Data Supporting MST-188 In Sickle Cell Disease
  SAN DIEGO, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MSTX) today announced that, in an ex vivo study conducted at Loyola University Medical Center, MST-188 reduced the mean erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) by 50% relative to control in blood collected from individuals with sickle cell disease.  ESR, a common laboratory test and measure of inflammation, describes the ...
  April 14, 2014 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance