Unsuitability of electron microscopic examination of urinary sediment for the diagnosis of amyloidosis.
Am J Clin Pathol
; 71(1): 40-2, 1979 Jan.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-420171
ABSTRACT
Several recent reports suggest that amyloidosis can be diagnosed by ultrastructural identification of fibrillar proteins in the urinary sediment. However, the authors routinely identified similar fibrils in the urinary sediments of all patients with a wide variety of renal diseases who were producing urinary casts, as well as in those of stressed healthy individuals. They therefore conclude that electron microscopic examination of the urinary sediment alone has little value in the diagnosis of amyloidosis when unaccompanied by chemical or immunologic tests.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Microscopía Electrónica
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Amiloidosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Año:
1979
Tipo del documento:
Article