“This research is important to people with lupus as it adds greater insight onto ANA testing and the meaning of changes in the ANA titer over time. If we can determine that changes in the ANA titer ...
An ANA should be ordered whenever there is a strong clinical suspicion of autoimmune disease. In other words, a high pretest probability of the ANA being positive based on the clinician’s suspicion ...
An ANA report has three parts: (1) a positive or negative result; (2) if positive, what the titer is; and (3) the pattern of fluorescence. ANA patterns. Titers and patterns can vary between laboratory ...
On repeat blood testing, the patient had a 4+ positive ANA titer and 4+ antibodies to double-stranded DNA with low C3 and C4 complement, all consistent with the clinical picture of systemic lupus ...
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