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What medical tests are done to diagnose lupus?

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Many: Ana, double-stranded dna, smith antibody, rnp, ribosomal p, ssa, ssb, complement components.And cell bound complement activation products . These are some there are others it really depends on your evaluation and examination.

Answered 8/28/2015

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