Sandbox:Hematuria historical prospective
Birch and Fairley in their initial report of dysmorphism of urinary RBC as a guide to renal pathology regarded up to 2,000RBC/ml as being normal, however, in subsequent reports they regard up to 8,000 dysmorphic RBC/ml as normal. Others have regarded greater than 3,000 RBC/ml as abnormal regardless of RBC morphology.[1]
References
- ↑ Pollock C, Liu PL, Györy AZ, Grigg R, Gallery ED, Caterson R; et al. (1989). "Dysmorphism of urinary red blood cells--value in diagnosis". Kidney Int. 36 (6): 1045–9. PMID 2689749.