Article1 February 1945EVALUATION OF THE ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION TEST IN LEPROSY: STATISTICAL STUDY OF MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND TESTS IN MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED PATIENTSG. H. FAGETG. H. FAGETSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-22-2-213 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe changes in the erythrocyte sedimentation test which occur during the course of leprosy have not been studied as thoroughly as they have in tuberculosis. Although this laboratory procedure has been employed in both diseases for approximately the same period of time, it has met with great popularity in tuberculosis whereas comparatively few articles on the subject are extant in the literature on leprosy. Not all investigators are in accord as to the significance of this test in leprosy. Many, including Landeiro,1Muir,2and Schujman,3report that it bears a close relationship to the type of disease, being rapid in...Bibliography1. LANDEIRO F: La vitesse de sedimentation des hematies chez les leupreux, Compt.-rend. Soc. de biol., 1926, xcv, 1261. Google Scholar2. MUIR E: The erythrocyte sedimentation test in leprosy, Internat. Jr. Leprosy, 1937, v, 419. Google Scholar3. SCHUJMAN S: Value of erythrocyte sedimentation in leprosy, Revista méd. del Rosario (Rep. Argentina), 1935, xxv, 697; 763. Google Scholar4. MUIR E: Erythrocyte sedimentation test in leprosy, Indian Med. Gaz., 1929, lxiv, 488. Google Scholar5. KERR I: Value of the sedimentation test in treatment of leprosy, Indian Med. Gaz., 1929, lxiv, 247. Google Scholar6. HELLERPAUL VGH: Changes in cell volume produced by varying concentrations of different anticoagulants, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1934, xix, 777. Google Scholar7. KOLMERBOERNER JAF: Approved laboratory technic, ed. 2, 1938, D. Appleton-Century Co. Inc., New York, p. 102. Google Scholar8. WINTROBELANDSBERG MNJW: A standardized technic for the blood sedimentation test, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1935, clxxxix, 102. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. TAPPANFAGET JWGH: The red blood cell sedimentation test in the treatment of tuberculosis, Southwest. Med., 1929, xiii, 105. Google Scholar10. ROWE AH: Albumin and globulin content of human blood serum, Arch. Int. Med., 1916, xviii, 455. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: U. S. P. H. S. Carville, Louisiana*Received for publication June 16, 1944. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 February 1945Volume 22, Issue 2Page: 213-224KeywordsLeprosyResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1945 PDF downloadLoading ...