Maltese cross-like crystals in the urinary sediment of a diabetic patient

NDT Plus

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 405-407

  Etter, Christoph ^a   Russi, Ruth ^a   Fogazzi, Giovanni B ^b   Wüthrich, Rudolf P ^a   Serra, Andreas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

contamination; starch; urinary sediment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; PHENYLMERCURIC BORATE; STARCH;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENT MALTESE CROSSES; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTAL; DIABETIC PATIENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; PENIS DISEASE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; URINALYSIS; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 77956048659     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp062     Document Type: Article

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