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Laurie,

Thanks for explaining Ralph's ANA test results. I had never seen the results

for an ANA written the way his were. Mine are always written as 1:80, 1:160,

1:320, etc. and also the pattern is given. The last that mine was positive was

back in Sep 01 and it was 1:320 and speckled. It's been checked 2 times since

then and was actually negative. My rheumy says that is because the plaquenil is

helping to keep the lupus under control. I have both lupus and autoimmune

hepatitis and a positive ANA goes along with both of those diseases, yet my last

two ANAs have been negative. Despite that, my doctors say they have no doubt

that I really do have systemic lupus and AIH (I guess because my ANA is positive

when I am not on plaquenil).

Anyway, thanks for the lesson on the lab values.

W

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Hi ,

I am glad that you found my explanation helpful. I hope Ralph

does too.

With regards to your report: It is written that way because the lab

that performed your test still uses the " gold standard " method of

immunofluorescence. Although the method that Ralph's lab

uses is accepted and is very appropriate for screening the

general population, the IFA method is more useful for

rheumatologists and their patients. However, it is very time

consuming and open to technologist interpretation. This is why

many labs have opted to go to the other methodology. Tests can

be run faster, in bigger groups and have less subjective

interpretations. Because we are a small lab that works almost

exclusively with rheumatologists and their patients, we are still

able to offer the more time consuming method. I consider this a

very big advantage to the patients that are seen by this group of

rheumatolgists.

Your results are typical of patients that I see in our rheum lab. I

am very happy that your immunosuppresive therapy has resulted

in " non-detectable " levels of antibody in your blood. That is the

goal of treatment and must please your rheum doc very much.

Laurie

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