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Just out of curiosity, how often do rheumatologists come across a new patient they diagnose with lupus? is it rarely? a couple times/year on average?
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Room For More Rheum: Here's the set-up, you do the math: on average,about 5 cases per 100,000 adult population in the U.S. get diagnosed with Lupus each year. There are about 250 million adults and 5000 rheumatologists in the U.S. And the answer is: a)3 b)30 c)300 d)3000 e)all f)none If you calculate (or guess) right, you win an all expenses paid trip to your favorite rheumatologist for any tests you'd like taken
Answered 7/8/2017
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