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Tested twice for antinuclear antibodies and got weak posatives does this effect fertility or cause misscarrge or mean im likely to get autoimume thing?
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No: Without other evidence of lupus, low-positive ana, maybe 1:40 or 1:80 usually means nothing.
Answered 2/14/2014
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