A physician order tests to determine if a client has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which test result helps to confirm an SLE diagnosis?

A physician order tests to determine if a client has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which test result helps to confirm an SLE diagnosis?


a) Increased total serum complement levels
b) Negative antinuclear antibody test
c) An above-normal anti-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test
d) Negative lupus erythematosus cell test


Answer: c) An above-normal anti-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test


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