Anti-nuclear antibody test/Definition

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Anti-nuclear antibody test [r]: A screening test for autoimmune disease, especially systemic lupus erythematosus but also Sjögren's syndrome, scleroderma, etc.; results reported both as a quantitative titer and a qualitative staining pattern observed on immunofluorescence microscopy