Introduction to Human Disease: Pathophysiology for Health Professionals 6th Edition by Agnes Loeffler,Michael Hart

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Differences between acute and chronic renal failure include all of the following except which one?
A) Acute renal failure is usually reversible, but chronic renal failure is not.
B) The cause of acute renal failure can be determined by renal biopsy, but the cause of chronic renal failure cannot.
C) Chronic renal failure eventually requires renal replacement therapy, but most cases of acute renal failure do not.
D) Chronic renal failure results from injury to the nephron, whereas acute renal failure results from damage to renal tubular epithelial cells.
E) Chronic renal failure results in elevated blood urea nitrogen and creatinine levels, whereas acute renal failure results in diminished urine production.