Thread: Which test to find out if my disease is autoimmune?
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Old 12-19-2013, 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
GAD usually means generalized anxiety disorder.

But I wonder if GAD in this thread means: ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-ga...ide_antibodies
Meant to clarify. The GAD testing was the glutamic acid decarboxylase test (not sure if that is spelled correctly). My gad antibodies were extremely elevated. And my ANA test came back normal. However, I've been told those differ from time to time so I would like to request another ANA test soon.
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