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Early clinical indications of skin lesions and muscular and neurologic deficits are usually sufficiently diagnostic in patients from endemic areas. Biopsies of skin lesions are also diagnostic. Peripheral nerve biopsy or smears of the skin or of ulcerated mucous membranes help confirm the diagnosis. Blood tests show increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate; decreased albumin, calcium, and cholesterol levels; and, possibly, anemia.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
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