1. Identification and composition of types of granular urinary casts.
- Author
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Lindner LE, Vacca D, and Haber MH
- Subjects
- Acid Phosphatase urine, Bacteriuria urine, Epithelium ultrastructure, Histocytochemistry, Humans, Immunoglobulins analysis, Leukocytes ultrastructure, Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, Succinate Dehydrogenase urine, Urine cytology, Urine analysis
- Abstract
Granular urinary casts were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and histochemistry. Three types were identified. They appear to have distinctly different origins and significance. Their clinical associations remain to be defined. One type can be misidentified by bright field microscopy. Bacterial casts also can be misidentified as granular casts unless the sediment is examined carefully.
- Published
- 1983
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