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Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Volume 81, 2021 - Issue 3
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Evaluation of the Diesse Cube 30 touch erythrocyte sedimentation method in comparison with Alifax test 1 and the manual Westergren gold standard method

Massimo Pieria Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Stefano Pignalosaa Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Marco Alfonso Perroneb Department of Experimental Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, RomeItaly
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Carmelo Russoa Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Gianluca Nocea Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Andrea Perronec Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Alessandro Terrinonia Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Renato Massouda Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Sergio Bernardinia Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Pages 181-186 | Received 25 Jun 2020, Accepted 24 Jan 2021, Published online: 14 Feb 2021

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