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granular
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granular [′gran·yə·lər]
(science and technology)
Having a grainy texture.
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A Renal cells are difficult to identify accurately in wet-microscopic urinalysis and can often be mistaken for leukocytes, histiocytes, granular casts, deep urothelial cells, and squamous metaplastic cells.
Answering your questions by Karon, Brad S. / Medical Laboratory Observer
We studied relative weight, cell labeling indices, and pathologic changes such as hypertrophy in all tissues; a range of cytochrome P450 enzymes and palmitoyl coenzyme A oxidase in the liver; changes in the levels of plasma total triiodothyronine, total thyroxine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) as markers of thyroid gland function; and hyaline droplet formation, tubular basophilia, and the formation of granular casts in the kidney.
Prediction of rodent nongenotoxic carcinogenesis: evaluation of ... by Ashby, John / Environmental Health Perspectives
1) Typically, the triad of pigmented granular casts in the urine, a red to brown color of the urine supernatant, and a marked elevation in the plasma level of CK suggests the diagnosis of rhabdomyolysis.
Necessity of myoglobinuria test by Cruz, Frank, III / Medical Laboratory Observer
 
 
 
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