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Haematuria

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Sailaja Pisipati MBBS MRCS, Ian Pearce BMedSci BMBS FRCS (Urol)
Foundation Years Journal, volume 1, issue 6, p.19 (123Doc Education, London, October 2007)

Abstract

Haematuria is the presence of blood in the urine. Up to three red blood cells per high-power microscopic field is considered normal, but anything greater than this is significant and requires investigation.

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Authors

Sailaja Pisipati MBBS MRCS

Clinical Fellow
Department of Urology
Manchester Royal Infirmary

Ian Pearce BMedSci BMBS FRCS (Urol) (Corresponding author)

Consultant Urological Surgeon
Department of Urology
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester
M13 9WL

References

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3.  Gregoire M, Fradet Y, Meyer F, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of urinary cytology, and deoxyribonucleic acid flow cytometry and cytology on ladder washings during follow-up for bladder cancer. J Urol. 1997; 157: 1660 – 1664. [PubMed]

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5.  Chao, D. Freeland, J.S. Pantuck, J.A. et al. Bladder Cancer 2000: Molecular Markers for the Diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma. Rev Urol. 2001 Spring; 3 (2): 85 – 93.

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