Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ideas 2008. 2( ):20-.

Malarial parasite infection and increase of erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Viroj Wiwanitkit

Abstract


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.


Keywords


malaria, erythrocyte sedimentation,

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