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Can you have anti ssdna in your blood a month b4 showing symptoms of a kidney infection? i had the lab work for lupus but i think ssdna from infection

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See details: The single stranded DNA is not a specific testing and is not ordered by any rheumatologist. The double stranded DNA is the one with clinical significance.

Answered 9/22/2016

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