A higher-titer ANA raises the suspicion that something more systemic may be going on,’ said Amanda Mixon, PA-C.

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Scientists may have pinpointed a primary cause of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston claim they have ...

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Scientists may have pinpointed a primary cause of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. Researchers from Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston claim they have ...