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Kidney Biopsy
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Having an untreated bleeding or blood clotting disorder.
- Not being able to lie still.
- Having advanced kidney disease, uncontrolled Reference high blood pressure Opens New Window, or only one kidney.
- Being Reference obese Opens New Window.
- Having a severely deformed spine.
- Having a Reference urinary tract infection. Opens New Window
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