ANA (IF Method)
ANA (Antinuclear Antibodies) is a collection of Autoantibodies generated by the abnormal Immune System. Generally, Antibodies affect the harmful virus and bacteria that entered the body. Due to errors in recognition of self-antigens by HLA, Sometimes Antibodies are triggered against self-antigens of the body, hence affect the healthy cells mistakenly and cause autoimmune disorders. ANA – IFA (Indirect Fluorescent Antibody) is a primary test to examine antibodies to diagnose autoimmune diseases that affect tissues and organs of the body.
ANA – IFA Method:
Why ANA – IFA(immune fluoresce antibody) Method test?
CLINICAL INFORMATION :
An anti-nuclear antibody test is a primary test to help evaluate a person for auto-immune disorders that may affect many tissues and organs throughout the body (systemic). It is one of the tests to help diagnose systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) and auto-immune connective tissue disorders and other related disorders such as polymyositis, scleroderma, sjogren’s syndromes, etc. Here the autoantibodies are directed against the nucleus of their own cells. This immune fluoresce antibody (IFA) measures the amount and pattern of antinuclear antibodies in the blood.
General instructions:
Sample Requirement: Specimen - Blood sample collected from the vein.Test Preparation: None.
NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presenting complaints/signs or symptoms:
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.
This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory RTDIAGNOSTICS provides precise and accurate tests with an extensive range of testing services to the medical centers to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.
