What type of microscope helps in the identification of urine crystals?
a. Compound brightfield
b. Phase contrast
c. Polarized light
d. Darkfield
ANS: C
A polarized light microscope helps in the identification of urine crystals if they have unique birefringent (doubly refractive) characteristics.
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