A patient with polyarthralgia with joint swelling and pain is being evaluated for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) . The nurse knows that the serum test result that is the most specific for SLE is the presence of
A) rheumatoid factor.
B) anti-Smith antibody (Anti-Sm) .
C) antinuclear antibody (ANA) .
D) lupus erythematosus (LE) cell prep.
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