Bethesda, MD - One of clinical medicine's oldest tools—the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)—surpassed serum C-reactive protein (CRP) as a measure of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) activity and may be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed plasma D-dimer was noninferior to serum C-reactive protein and erythrocyte ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Erythrocyte sedimentation rate may not be a reliable indicator for timing of stage-two reimplantation for hip ...

(CHICAGO) – Infections, as the news has shown time and again, can be deadly. Periprothesthetic joint infection (PJI) is the infection of grave concern to the orthopedic community, especially in its ...

Significant variability in acute phase marker test requests is influenced by geographic location, hospital setting, and management type in Spain. ESR tests are overrequested compared to CRP, ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA) are companion systemic inflammatory disorders that occur in older patients (mean age, 70 years) and are diagnosed on clinical grounds, based on ...

(HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected infection or inflammation, C-reactive protein (CRP)/erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) disagreement is common, according to a study published online ...

Severe alopecia areata may be driven by broader immune activation than previously recognized, according to new research ...

An obese 30-year-old African-American woman presents at a rheumatology clinic with muscle pain and tenderness to touch throughout her body. The patient, a mechanical engineer, has been referred by her ...