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What does it mean to have a high sq epi of 110 in microscopic urinalysis?

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Dr. Vered Lewy-Weiss answered

Contamination: Squamous epithelial cells in a urine sample means that the sample has skin cells from the outer urethra in it.

Answered 3/26/2013

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