Anti-ssDNA Is Not a Useful Diagnostic Test

Testing for antibodies against nuclear antigens can be helpful in the diagnosis of diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma. The National Consensus Conference on Guidelines for ANA testing was published by Kavanaugh et al. in January, 2000.1 Those Guidelines stress that improper use of ANA testing can lead to misinformation ... ................
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