FRACP RNSH 2003 Cardiology

One test, the ANA, or anti-nuclear antibody test, detects antibodies that are directed against various components of the nucleus of the cell. These include antibodies that have been formed against double-stranded or single-stranded DNA (two ways in which the cells DNA can be found in the serum after being released from old and dying cells). ................
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