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Can you be diagnosed with lupus if you have only positive ana and symptoms? even if dna was negative..?
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Yes: You may have lupus in the absence of a positive anti DNA antibody test. Among other possibilities you may suffer from seronegative lupus. In time the test may become positive.
Answered 11/27/2014
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