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With Lupus is a Blue Peel Dangerous?

bmcleanJun 19, 2011
WIth lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, low WBC andplatelet count and a high ANA titre, is a blue peel dangerous???

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Dr. Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS
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