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13 Ιουν 2021 · Rheumatoid arthritis. Oligoarticular juvenile chronic arthritis. Polyarteritis nodosum. Patients with organ-specific autoimmune diseases may also have a positive test for ANA. These diseases include: Thyroid diseases (Hashimoto thyroiditis, Grave disease)
2 Σεπ 2022 · Make sure you understand the results of your ANA test. Ask what other tests you need for your diagnosis to be confirmed. Also find out how your test results will affect your treatment.
1 Ιουν 2022 · Antinuclear antibody (ANA) tests identify antibodies present in serum that bind to autoantigens present in the nuclei of mammalian cells. Most of these antibodies are IgG, but IgM and IgA have...
A positive result on an ANA test means that antinuclear antibodies were found in your blood. You may get a positive result if: You have SLE (lupus). You have a different type of autoimmune disease. You have a viral infection. A positive result doesn't necessarily mean you have a disease. Some healthy people have antinuclear antibodies in their ...
17 Αυγ 2022 · Results. The presence of antinuclear antibodies is a positive test result. But having a positive result doesn't mean you have a disease. Many people with no disease have positive ANA tests — particularly women older than 65. Some infectious diseases and cancers have been associated with the development of antinuclear antibodies, as have ...
18 Ιαν 2024 · The results of the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test, together with a health care provider's careful consideration of a patient's symptoms, physical findings, and other laboratory test results, may assist in the diagnosis of autoimmune disorders.
Interpretation of Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) results. Screening for anti-nuclear antibodies can be valuable where there is a clinical suspicion of connective tissue disease e.g. SLE, Sjogren’s syndrome. Systemic sclerolsis, Myositis. The ANA screen is performed by indirect immunofluorescence.