1. Competency test renal biopsy EM - Advanced
Drafted by Bart E Wagner
Chief Biomedical Scientist
Histopathology Department
Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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Draft date

2. 1. What is this point known as?
2. Is it normal for podocytes to occasionally have two nuclei?
3. What is the maximum diameter of normal erythrocytes?

3. 1. Which protein is this?
2. What are the two major constituents of this structure?
3. Where else are these structures found in the kidney?

4. 1. Which protein is this?
2. Which protein is this granule likely to contain?

5. 1. What are the most likely immunofluorescence results associated with this condition?

6. 1. What is the most likely immunofluorescence result in this biopsy?

7. 1. What is the most common inheritance for this condition?
2. What is the less common inheritance for this condition?

8. 1. Why aren’t all the podocytes affected?
2. Which protein is defective?