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Please help! i want to know more about urticarial vasculitis?
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Urticarial vasculiti: Urticarial vasculitis is a form of vasculitis that affects the skin, causing wheals or hives and/or red patches due to swelling of the small blood vessels. It has two forms: one with normal levels of proteins called complements; the other with low levels of complements; it’s called hypocomplementemic vasculitis.
Answered 2/23/2017
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