Anti-Nuclear Antibody can also show in some auto-immune diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis .
The presence of ANA is indicative of lupus erythematosus , though they also appear in some other auto-immune diseases such as Sjögren 's syndrome , rheumatoid arthritis , autoimmune hepatitis , scleroderma and dermatomyositis , and various non-rheumatological conditions associated with tissue damage .
Anti-nuclear antibody