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===Complement===
===Complement===
C3, C4 abnormal:<ref name=pmid3892188>{{cite journal |author=Nusinow SR, Zuraw BL, Curd JG |title=The hereditary and acquired deficiencies of complement |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=487–504 |year=1985 |month=May |pmid=3892188 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beckmancoulter.com%2Fliterature%2FClinDiag%2FBulletin%25209282C3_C4.pdf&rct=j&q=C3%2C%20C4%20decreased%2C%20l&ei=0evYTPLHHcX9ngfetNDzCQ&usg=AFQjCNFR26FHyAmy4lZ3tm-tLgW-oD73Zg&cad=rja beckmancoulter.com]. Accessed on: 9 November 2010.</ref>
C3, C4 levels:<ref name=pmid4549215>{{cite journal |author=Levo Y, Pick AI |title=The significance of C3 and C4 complement levels in lupus nephritis |journal=Int Urol Nephrol |volume=6 |issue=3-4 |pages=233–8 |year=1974 |pmid=4549215 |doi= |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/l1657797661468g1/fulltext.pdf}}</reF>
*Systemic lupus erythematosus.
*Changed:
*Glomerulonephritis.
**Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); levels decreased = increased disease activity.
*Hemolytic anemia.
**Post-infectious GN - decreased.
*Infection.
**MPGN - decreased. (???)
**Infection.<ref name=pmid3892188>{{cite journal |author=Nusinow SR, Zuraw BL, Curd JG |title=The hereditary and acquired deficiencies of complement |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=487–504 |year=1985 |month=May |pmid=3892188 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beckmancoulter.com%2Fliterature%2FClinDiag%2FBulletin%25209282C3_C4.pdf&rct=j&q=C3%2C%20C4%20decreased%2C%20l&ei=0evYTPLHHcX9ngfetNDzCQ&usg=AFQjCNFR26FHyAmy4lZ3tm-tLgW-oD73Zg&cad=rja beckmancoulter.com]. Accessed on: 9 November 2010.</ref>
**Hemolytic anemia.<ref name=pmid3892188>{{cite journal |author=Nusinow SR, Zuraw BL, Curd JG |title=The hereditary and acquired deficiencies of complement |journal=Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=487–504 |year=1985 |month=May |pmid=3892188 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref>URL: [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beckmancoulter.com%2Fliterature%2FClinDiag%2FBulletin%25209282C3_C4.pdf&rct=j&q=C3%2C%20C4%20decreased%2C%20l&ei=0evYTPLHHcX9ngfetNDzCQ&usg=AFQjCNFR26FHyAmy4lZ3tm-tLgW-oD73Zg&cad=rja beckmancoulter.com]. Accessed on: 9 November 2010.</ref>
*Normal:
**Minimal change disease.
**Chronic pyelonephritis.
**Renal vein thrombosis.
**[[Amyloidosis]].


====Urine crystals====
====Urine crystals====
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