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What follow-up testing will we need if first set of lupus results are equivocal?

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Lab tests: If clinically indicated, ANA and additional autoimmune laboratory tests should be done.

Answered 6/10/2014

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The correct ANA: If you are being tested for lupus be certain the correct ANA is performed. It is the immunofluorescent ANA - done by ifa. Some of the central labs have tried to switch to a technique to screen for lupus enzyme techniques that are not as precise. Guard against this. If the ANA by ifa is positive then testing for ANA subsets such as: sm, rnp, ssa, ssb etc depending of the clincal setting.

Answered 2/26/2016

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