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Fåhræus-Westergren test
Also known as:
Westergren's test
Associated persons:
Robert (Robin) Sanno Fåhræus
Alf Vilhelm Albertsson Westergren
Description:
Fåhræus was the «new» discoverer of the blood sedimentation rate, after Edmund Faustyn Biernacki.
See also Biernacki's test, under Edmund Faustyn Biernacki, Polish physician, 1866-1912.
Bibliography:
- A. Westergren:
Studies of the suspension stability of the blood in pulmonary tuberculosis.
Acta medica Scandinavica, Stockholm, 1921, 54: 247-282.
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