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Recently diagnosed with lupus. no doubt about it. but why is my c3 elevated ?
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C-3 compliment indicator of inflammation: C-3 compliment is an indicator of inflammation and is not always low in Lupus. Will you see you for compliment we also use complement activator components of C3 help clarify this. The compliment is only one component of the total evaluation of lupus patient
Answered 7/30/2014
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