NDT Advance Access originally published online on March 8, 2005
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2005 20(4):840-841; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfh529
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(Section Editor: G. H. Neild)
Anisocytes and poikilocytes in the urine
Research Laboratory on Urine, UO Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Maggiore, IRCCS, Milano, Italy
Correspondence and offprint requests to: G. B. Fogazzi, UO di Nefrologia e Dialisi, Ospedale Maggiore, IRCCS, Via Commenda 15, 20122 Milano, Italy. Email: fogazzi@policlinico.mi.it
Keywords: haematuria; anisocytes; poikilocytes; urinary erythrocyte morphology; urine sediment
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Two main types of erythrocytes can be found in the urine, i.e. dysmorphic erythrocytes, which are a marker of glomerular bleeding, and isomorphic erythrocytes, which are a marker of urological disorders