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Is kryptopyroluria real? or is it a bogus diagnosis

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Kryptopyrroluria: Not main stream medicine. There is a lot of mention in the alternative medicine market, but it seems generally unsubstantiated and some of it is clearly odd.

Answered 4/21/2013

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