Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) is an indirect measurement of plasma protein concentrations that increases and decreases more slowly than C-Reactive Protein (CRP) concentrations because it depends on several proteins with varying half-lives.

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• C-reactive protein concept
• erythrocyte sedimentation rate concept