A lupus diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms (past and present), a family history (the medical history of close family members such as your grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins) ...

“This research is important to people with lupus as it adds greater insight onto ANA testing and the meaning of changes in the ANA titer over time. If we can determine that changes in the ANA titer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although testing for antinuclear antibodies is widely viewed as an effective screening tool for lupus and other ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention consisted of 30-minute group sessions highlighting the low specificity and false-positive risks ...

A positive ANA test may indicate the presence of an autoimmune condition, although it can also rule out various other diseases with similar symptoms. SLE, which affects approximately 7:1 women to men, ...

A very small number of people who test negative for antinuclear antibody (ANA) in the blood, which is a sign of the most common type of lupus, still have the condition. Lupus is an autoimmune disease ...