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Crp level of 7.4? what can cause this? i was screened for lupus because of family history & out of the 3 screening tests, this came back high.
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Stop worrying: I trust one of the other screens was an anti-nuclear antibody and if this was negative, you can consider yourself lupus-free. Another was probably anti ds-DNA. CRP is not sensitive and not specific and of very limited usefulness.
Answered 5/15/2014
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