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Read the Following Health Record Information: "Assessment: Hematuria/albuminuria

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Read the following health record information: "Assessment: Hematuria/albuminuria. Doug clearly has a nephropathy. The differential diagnoses include poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis and lupus nephritis. Since he had a recent throat infection, poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is the most likely cause. We will wait for the labs to confirm a recent strep infection." Given this information, which of the following statements is NOT true?


A) The patient clearly has a disease of his kidneys. The author of the health record believes the main cause is from a strep infection, but the lab results are pending.
B) The patient has blood in his urine.
C) The patient has excessive protein in his blood.
D) The patient has inflammation of the kidney caused by the streptococcal organism.
E) The patient may have inflammation of the kidneys involving primarily the glomeruli.

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