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What Does The Ana Test Result Mean?
i have had a ana test done a couple of times and it comes back positive with a speckled pattern. the first time it was like 640? not exactly sure and the second time a few years later of over 400 but it never shows a titer. could you tell me what that means?
Mon, 11 Aug 2014
Hi you have ana result positive with speckled pattern. It means you may have SLE, or evolving rhumatic disorder or some othet rhumatic disease like multiple connectivr tissue disease you should go for complete ANA profile.so that you will get exact diagnosis and then take treatment accordingly.
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