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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Test
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Using Reference corticosteroids Opens New Window.
- Having an antibody test done before a detectable amount of antibodies is present (during the seroconversion period).
- Having an Reference autoimmune disease Opens New Window, leukemia, or syphilis.
- Drinking too much alcohol.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: Reference November 7, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Reference Peter Shalit, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine |
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