A patient exhibits symptoms including hematuria with red blood cell casts and proteinuria exceeding 3 to 5 g/day, with albumin as the major protein. What diagnostic test or treatment regime does the healthcare professional educate the patient on?
a. Intravenous pyelogram
b. Oral antibiotics
c. Renal biopsy
d. Cyclophosphamide
Ans: c. Renal biopsy
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