ANA by labcorp

[smartyjones]

when people talk about the antinuclear antibodies tested by the cunningham test, is this the same that would show on a antinuclear antibodies test from Labcorp? what does this show? autoimmune process?

thanks.

[EAMom]

Here is some info the the ANA test. http://arthritis.about.com/od/diagnostic/a/ana.htm

 

It is different from the Cunningham test.

 

Lots of people with Lupus are ANA positive. I don't know if PANDAS kids are more likely to be ANA positive. My PANDAS dd was ANA negative.

 

The article does mention that a small percentage of normal people will be ANA positive.

[eljomom]

I think ANA's by cunningham are "anti-neuronal antibodies" and not antinuclear antibodies (ANA on Labcorp). I don't know what ANA's on Labcorp indicate...