Lupus Foundation of America

The antinuclear antibody (ANA) test

If your doctor thinks you might have lupus, they may ask you to take blood tests to check for antibodies in your blood. The most common antibody test is called the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test.
Healio

‘Knowing what you don’t know’: Education, communication can curb ANA over-testing

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 ...
Healthline

Can You Test Negative for Lupus and Still Have it?

A very small number of people who test negative for antinuclear antibody (ANA) in the blood, which is a sign of the most common type of lupus, still have the condition. Lupus is an autoimmune disease ...
Healio

Thirty-minute training session reduces unnecessary ANA testing by non-rheumatologists

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention consisted of 30-minute group sessions highlighting the low specificity and false-positive risks ...
Business Wire

Antinuclear Antibody Test Market by Product, Technique, Disease & End User - Forecast to 2021 - Key Players are Alere, Bio-Rad Labs & Inova Diagnostics - Research and Markets

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Antinuclear Antibody Test Market - Forecast to 2021" report to their offering. The global antinuclear antibody (ANA) ...