%0 Journal Article
%T Malarial Parasite Infection and Increase of Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
%A Viroj Wiwanitkit
%J Iranian Journal of Medical Hypotheses & Ideas
%D 2008
%I Tehran University of Medical Sciences
%X A difference in the sedimentation of red blood cells from healthy and non-healthy ones can be seen. To support a previously published work on the idea that red blood cell inclusion could increase of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). The author hereby studied the ESR in the malarial infection model. It could be seen that ESR is increased in malarial infection and varies on the intensity of infection.
%K Malaria
%K Erythrocyte Sedimentation
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