Hi Deb - Thanks for writing and sharing your concerns. Here's what the Scleroderma Foundation says in an article titled "Sjogren's 101"
Laboratory Tests
Only half of Sjögren patients have anti-SSA and/or anti-SSB (Sjögren’s Syndrome A and B) antibodies in their blood. Other tests which may be abnormal include the white blood cell count (low), total gamma globulin level (high), blood C3 and C4 complement levels (low C4), sedimentation rate (high) and rheumatoid factor (positive). http://www.scleroderma.org/medical/sjogrens_articles/sjogrens101.shtm
You can find additional information on the lab tests used for patients from the non-profit labtestsonline site: http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/sjogren.html
The site also has information on the tests used for anemic patients: http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/anemia.html
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Hi Deb - Thanks for writing and sharing your concerns. Here's what the Scleroderma Foundation says in an article titled "Sjogren's 101"
Laboratory Tests
Only half of Sjögren patients have anti-SSA and/or anti-SSB (Sjögren’s Syndrome A and B) antibodies in their blood. Other tests which may be abnormal include the white blood cell count (low), total gamma globulin level (high), blood C3 and C4 complement levels (low C4), sedimentation rate (high) and rheumatoid factor (positive). http://www.scleroderma.org/medical/sjogrens_articles/sjogrens101.shtm
You can find additional information on the lab tests used for patients from the non-profit labtestsonline site: http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/sjogren.html
The site also has information on the tests used for anemic patients: http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/conditions/anemia.html
We hope you find this information helpful.
April 29, 2010 - 5:18pmThis Comment
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