In these cases, ANA test results can complicate diagnosis, as health care providers need to distinguish between true autoimmune disorders and temporary positive results due to medication exposure. In clinical practice, the presence of drug-induced ANAs emphasizes the need for careful interpretation of ...
A positive result on an ANA test does not always indicate that you have an autoimmune disorder. Some healthy patients can test positive for ANAs. Positive results can also be related to a viral infection, medications, certain cancers, and other health conditions. If test results are positive, ...
The positive predictive value of a positive ANA and its titer for a rheumatological diagnosis, with and without accompanying symptoms was evaluated.#Results:A total of 230 patients were included (82% women, age 47.7 卤 14.1 years [range 18-84]). Family medicine and the general outpatient ...
RESULTS:The incidence of ANA positivity among the cases (35.3%) was significantly higher than the controls (13.3%) (p=0.005). ANA positive cases showed significantly higher number of RPL (p=0.006) and lower number of successful pregnancies (p=0.013) compared to the ANA negative cases . The ...
positive rate of ANA was compared in HBV activity group with non-active group,and compared the positive rate of such HBV inspective items in ANA positive group with the ANA negative group,conducted the correlation analysis of ANA andHBV inspective items,then compare the ANA test results of the...
mostpatientswithpainwillbefoundtohavefibromyalgiaoranalternativepainsyndrome.PositiveANAtestsaremoreprevalentthanconnectivetissuediseases,andmostoftheabnormalresultsarefalselypositive.Thehistoryandphysicalexaminationarevitaltoestablishingthepre-testprobabilityofdisease.Fibromyalgiaisnotmerelyadiagnosisofexclusion,andcanbe...
5Procedure Results The presence of antinuclear antibodies is a positive ANA test result. However, having a positive procedure result does not indicate that you don’t have a disease. Many people with no disease have positive ANA tests, in particular, women older than 65. ...
We estimated the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and likelihood ratio positivity with 95% CI for each criterion.Results:There were 236 patients (67%) who tested negative for ant...
ANA、ANCA检测及临床应用
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. What cancers are associated with positive ANA? Neoplastic diseases may...