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I have hal-b27 (autoimmune). can that give me a false positive hepatitis c result?
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Nucleic acid test: Antibody tests for hep c may have false positives. You should get a Hep C nucleic acid test to ascertain if you have active infection.
Answered 10/15/2018
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