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) ...

An ANA report has three parts: (1) a positive or negative result; (2) if positive, what the titer is; and (3) the pattern of fluorescence. ANA patterns. Titers and patterns can vary between laboratory ...

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 cytokines interferon-gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10) and B-lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) are upregulated ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old healthy female. I am 6 feet tall, and weigh 130 pounds. My last blood pressure reading was 100/58. I have Raynaud’s phenomenon. I exercise every day (walk, bike, ...

Briana DeJesus of Teen Mom 2 tested positive for the markers of an autoimmune disease. Pic credit: MTV Teen Mom 2 star Briana DeJesus told her followers that her antibody tests for detecting lupus ...

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