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I'm scheduled to have a lip biopsy to rule out sjorgens worried about the pain afterwords and side effects and will they be able get enough tissues ?
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Should be mild: The side effects should be mild. It really depends on what type of medical condition you have, what is found with the biopsy, and whether it can make a diagnostic difference
Answered 6/26/2017
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