Waxy casts in the urinary sediment of patients with different types of glomerular diseases: Results of a prospective study

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 424, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-52

  Spinelli, Diana ^a   Consonni, Dario ^b   Garigali, Giuseppe ^b   Fogazzi, Giovanni B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Urinalysis; Urinary casts; Urinary sediment; Waxy casts

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EPITHELIAL CAST; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRANULAR CAST; HUMAN; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTIC CAST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; POSTINFECTIOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY CAST; URINE SEDIMENT; WAXY CAST;

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY CASTS; URINARY SEDIMENT; WAXY CASTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; CREATININE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINALYSIS; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 84879180243     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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