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Should my doctors reconsider lupus diagnosis after getting viral meningitis twice in 10 months despite markers negative after plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and prednisone?
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See below: If you have doubts with your diagnosis, you might want to seek a second opinion.
Answered 3/28/2016
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