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Simulated proteinuria and haematuria

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In nephrology, like in other branches of medicine, falsification is motivated by a desire for profit or is an expression of some mental disorder.

Three cases are described in which artifical proteinuria and haematuria were diagnosed by agarose gel electrophoresis of urinary proteins and a simulation and aggravation of renal disease was disclosed.

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  1. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    M. Engliš, V. Martinek, J. Jirka, O. Schück & V. Velická

  2. Nephrological Department, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czechoslovakia

    M. Engliš, V. Martinek, J. Jirka, O. Schück & V. Velická

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Engliš, M., Martinek, V., Jirka, J. et al. Simulated proteinuria and haematuria. International Urology and Nephrology 15, 181–186 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02085450

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