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Volume 349:1292-1293 September 25, 2003 Number 13
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Microscopic Hematuria

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To the Editor: In their Clinical Practice article on microscopic hematuria (June 5 issue),1 Cohen and Brown recommend a course of action that adheres to neither the recommendations of the American Academy of Family Physicians nor those of the American Urological Association.2 The diagnosis of microscopic hematuria, when it is not associated with a urinary tract infection or proteinuria, requires a referral to a urologist. Prospective, controlled trials of the standard urologic evaluation may alter current practice, but these trials have not yet been performed. Until data are available on which to base a firm recommendation, a change in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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