혈뇨의 감별에서 요중 적혈구 위상차현미경 검사와 탐호스팔 단백의 면역염색법 검사의 비교

Differentiation of renal(RH) and non-renal(NRH) hematuria is important in the diagnosis and treatment of the patients with hematuria. Recently, urine RBC immunoperoxidase(Ipx) staining method was deve- loped, but there was no report on the usefulness of Ipx in Korea. We validated the usefulness of Ipx by comparing with the PCM. Both PCM and Ipx were performed at the same time in 26 patients with RH confirmed by renal biopsy and 23 patients with NRH confirmed by radiologic and/or pathologic studies who were admitted to Chungbuk National University Hospital from January 1996 to December 1996. The age of RH and NRH group were 36.6±15.0 and 56.5±22.2 years. 35.7±30.4% of urine RBC were stained by Ipx in RH group and only 1.6±4.4% were stained in NRH group(P