Abstract
Diverse types of glomerulonephritis (acute and chronic) are manifested by proteinuria, cylindriuria, and decreased renal function. In the past, much emphasis was placed upon cylindriuria in assessing the severity of glomerulonephritis. The presence of red blood cell casts was once considered a characteristic of acute glomerulonephritis but no longer is. Red blood cell casts have been and can be found in acute tubular necrosis (ATN) (see Chapter 2).
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Mandal, A.K. (1987). Glomerular Disease. In: Assessment of Urinary Sediment by Electron Microscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1851-4_9
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