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thank you for that. They have all been done by a Rheumatologist so I would hope they were the same test, but something to note and ask about.

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I had a panel of 13 different ANA tests ordered by my pulmonologist. Two came back positive, resulting in referral to a rheumatologist. He told me the two particular tests have false positive/negative results as high as 50% and he uses them as a diagnostic starting point. We are now awaiting the results of several more sensitive tests that are only done by a few labs to provide a more definitive diagnosis.