title: Mechanisms of erythrocyte sedimentation.
abstract: Concomitant mechanisms of red-cell sedimentation are discussed: 1. physical 2. biological (the effects of plasma proteins, viscosity, and the number and size of erythrocytes on the rate of sedimentation). 3. an up-to-date review of the principal methods and systems used to measure the sedimentation rate--Automation of the Westergren initial methodology.
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008722:Methods
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins