J.T. was a former professional baseball player who came to our practice after being diagnosed at age 45 with severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In the prime of his youth, J.T. played for a number of minor league teams, and even after his baseball career, he remained an...
Is there a more confounding lab test in rheumatology than the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test? It can lead us straight to a diagnosis or set us off on a wild goose-chase. Sometimes, ANA test results tell the truth and sometimes they lie, but they almost always give us...