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Rnp high 3.3, ana neg. have auto. thyroid. can that cause + rnp? rheumy says it was false + but never rechecked rnp. am i looking at mctd? scared!

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There are: There are certain criteria that have to been met to labeled with mctd. An ANA should be positive when a rnp is positive and when not, this is a sign that it is probably a false positive.

Answered 6/10/2014

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What could a negative ANA and positive RNP antibodies mean? I have a history of chronic rheumatological symptoms, but my dr is not convinced its MCTD.

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Two years ago I had a postive ana. Recently I had a comprehensive ANA panel done and by rnp antibodies were 4.4. Could this be sle or mctd?

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Anti centromere b antibodies mine were 0.2 out of 0.0-0.9. My rnp was 1.8 out 0.0-0.9. Should i be concerned that I have mctd? The rest of ANA normal

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