Nikolas
Created page with "<section begin="clinical biochemistry" />'''Erythrocyte sedimentation rate''' (ESR), also called the '''Westergren method''' (We), is a laboratory measurement of how quickly the erythrocytes in a sample sediment (settle on the bottom of the tube). The ESR increases in response to the acute phase reaction (inflammation), but it takes many days for the ESR to increase following an inflammation, and it takes weeks to normalise. The normal value depends on age and ge..."