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What Do The Following ANA Test Results Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 20 Feb 2017

Question: Which one is correct ANA profile test?

I recently had blood test ANA Screening by IFA method from thyrocare doctor asked me to do ANA profile? I am looking at lab which lab do ANA profile every lab has different name for test not sure which one is correct test?
is ANA profile is same as?
ANA Quantitive?
ANA TITRE by IFA method (thyrocare)?
ANTI NUCLEAR ANTIBODY / FACTOR ( ANA/ANF)
IFA (HEP-2) IN DILUTIONS (Dr. LAL)
ANTI NUCLEAR ANTIBODY / FACTOR (ANA/ANF) IFA (HEP-2) REFLEX TO ENA PROFILE (IFA) (DR.lal);.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Prasad J (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
ANA profile is a group of 9 - 10 individual autoimmune markers...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Well ANA profile is a group of 9-10 different autoimmune marker. Besides ANA, it also consists of dys DNA, anti centromere antibody, anti histone antibody, anti XXXXXXX 1 antibody, Anti RO (SS-B), Anti LA (SS-A), Anti scl - 70, Anti SM antibody.

Please reconfirm with the treating doctor if he concurs with me. You can accordingly share this information with lab centre and get the test performed.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need clarifications.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar