Urine Eosinophils for Acute Interstitial Nephritis
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Utility of urine eosinophils in the diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Urine eosinophils (UEs) have been shown to correlate with acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) but the four largest series that investigated the test characteristics did not use kidney biopsy as the gold standard. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This is a retrospective study of adult patients with biopsy-proven diagnoses and UE tests performed from 1994 t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hospital Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1553-5606
DOI: 10.12788/jhm.2737