The Clinical Follow-up Observation on Urine Occult Blood and Morphology of Red Blood Cells of 67 Patients with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases
CHEN Xi-ping
FANG Ping
XIA Xin-hua
TAN Feng-ming
LUO Wen-feng
WANG Ji-hui
Abstract：Objective:To observe the dynamic changes of occult blood and morphology of red cells in urine of patients with Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases .Methods:67 Patients with UCTD were enrolled .Urine occult blood and morphology of red cells were examined every three months in a span of one year .Results:48 cases ( 71.64%) of UCTD were urine occult blood positive , 55 cases (82.09%) of UCTD had abnormal morphology of red cells as the number of deformed RBC in urine was more than 80%.11 case (16.42%) of UCTD were urinary protein positive.After one year, 55 cases (82.09%) were urine occult blood positive , 60 cases(89.55%) had abnormal morphology of red cells, and 17 case (25.37%) of UCTD were urinary protein positive.Both the rate of positive urine occult blood and abnormal morphology of red cells were higher than the rate of positive urinary protein , and the difference has statistically significance . Conclusion:Patients with UCTD have a slight but slow exacerbating occult blood and abnormal morphology of red cells in urine , It may be related to the potential kidney damage .
Keywords：Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases ( UCTD)Urine occult bloodMorphology of red cells in urineDeformed RBC
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 231-233 )