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Q: Possibility of False-Negative during ANA Screen or Other Lup

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 21st, 2006

Lupus question
I am currently being treated for crohns disease with prednisone,and I am also being tested for lupus. Will the ANA screen or any other test for lupus come back as a false negative because of the prednisone that I am taking?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on January 31st, 2006

Lupus Answer A244

No, most of the tests will not come back as a false-negative because even small amounts of antibodies (ANA, anti-dsDNA, anti-ssDNA, anti-Sm,) in the blood or the skin(lupus-band-test) will still be detected.

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