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what does a anti nuclear blood test tell the doctor
The antinuclear antibody (ANA) test is a test done early in the evaluation of a person for autoimmune or rheumatic disease, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
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The ANA titer is the number of times the blood sample has to be diluted before a sample remains that has no antinuclear antibodies. The first dilution is 1:40, then 1:80, then 1:160, then 1:320. The ANA number does not correlate to the level of disease activity. Many people have a positive ANA and no disease at all. In lupus, the immunofluorscent pattern is of more significance than the titer. A speckeld pattern points to the likelihood of lupus.
Normal results will be negative, showing no antinuclear antibodies.
antinuclear
The antinuclear antibody test is done by adding a person's serum to commercial cells mounted on a microscope slide. If antinuclear antibodies are in the serum, they bind to the nuclei of cells on the slide.
MMR titer will not detect THC.
The antinuclear antibody test of blood is usually negative in Raynaud's disease
Do i have to take any precautions from kids before i go for antinuclear test?
fluorescent antinuclear antibody test, a test for antinuclear antibody components; used, in particular, for the diagnosis of collagen-vascular diseases.
high titer of Antibodes in a person means that person or animal is exposed to disease . this titer would be 7 to 9.if titer is upto 4 or 6 well means animal or the human is vaccinated.
In terms of chemistry, a titer is a specific way to express a solution's concentration. The process of titer testing uses serial dilution to obtain quantitative information that is either negative or positive.
ANA is an acronym standing for: AntiNuclear Antibodies.