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Antinuclear antibodies
Antinuclear antibodies present - about half of those who have this have an auto-immune disease. About half do not.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 35-year old asked:
Antinuclear antibodies are diagnostic of what?
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Is a antinuclear antibody blood a sensitive test?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could antinuclear antibody be caused by tetenus shot?
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A 41-year old asked:
Antinuclear antibodies strongly positive what does this mean?
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A 38-year old asked:
How can you tell if you have an elevated antinuclear antibodies?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What is the common cytoplasmic pattern for antinuclear antibody test?
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A 40-year old asked:
Does anyone know if using any drugs will cause elevated antinuclear antibodies?
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A 40-year old asked:
My ANA (antinuclear antibody) test came back positive, how worried should I be? Do normal people have this?
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A 57-year old female asked:
What does a borderline antinuclear antibody test homogeneous pattern 1:80 and sedrate westergreen 51 mean?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is an antinuclear antibody test used for?
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A 42-year old asked:
My antinuclear antibody test came back positive, how worried should I be?
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A 48-year old female asked:
What is a "positive antinuclear antibody with a homogeneous staining pattern & a litre of 1 in 160" ... & should I worry ?
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A 29-year old asked:
Elevated levels of antinuclear antibodies and bilirubin go with what disease?
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A 42-year old asked:
Antinuclear antibody and anticardiolipin ab both positive, what are implications?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are the possible diagnosis's associated with a positive antinuclear antibodies test result?
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A 47-year old asked:
How often should I see a rheumatologist again, if my antinuclear antibody is positive, but i'm not sick?
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A 38-year old asked:
Are antinuclear antibodies(ana's) reversible?
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A 33-year old asked:
My antinuclear antibodies (ana) test came back positive--what could this mean?
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A 41-year old asked:
Does highly elevated antinuclear antibody result always mean systemic lupus erythematosus?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is an antinuclear antibody blood test result of 1.32 low, medium, or high? Is it something to worry about?
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A 20-year old female asked:
If my Antinuclear antibody test came out 1.4 positive abnormal does that mean I have an autoimmune disease ?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Will antinuclear antibody test detect dormant syphilis? I am waiting on results and had a RPR test came back was non reactive.
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A 20-year old male asked:
My ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODIES IS POSITIVE PRIMARY DILUTION -1:40 PRIMARY INTENSITY ON IF -1+ ANA PATTERN SPECKLED END POINT TITRE 1:40 WHAT DOES IT MEANS?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Tested twice for antinuclear antibodies and got weak posatives does this effect fertility or cause misscarrge or mean im likely to get autoimume thing?
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A 29-year old asked:
Could h. Pylori cause my antinuclear antibodies to be elevated?
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A 31-year old asked:
Does anyone know if using aldara (imiquimod) cream can cause elevated antinuclear antibodies?
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A 26-year old asked:
Hi sir, i'm age of 25 female in my urine report micra albumin is 200mgs/l serum antinuclear antibody test 1:100 digestive is +ve?
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A 46-year old asked:
My results showed that I have antinuclear antibody on cardiolipin ab (igg). What are the implications?
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A female asked:
rheumatoid factor <14 (0-14) Anti-CCp antibody 5- (<5) Antinuclear Antibody Titre HEP2 80-(<80) Antinuclear pattern : speckled low titre antinuclear?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Why do symptoms often show up yrs before labs (specific antinuclear antibodies, etc) in a diagnosis of lupus? I'm near diagnosis with only high +ana. What causes the sx?
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