 [ Symptoms ] how do drugs cause hair loss [ Disease ] a positive test result for double stranded dna dsdna antibodies is consistent with the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus but it must be correlated with a person who has clinical signs and symptoms that suggest lupus as the presence of this anti dsdna can indicate a higher risk of lupus nephritis kidney inflammation that can occur with lupus this test can confirm the need to closely monitor the kidneys only half the people with lupus have a positive test so a positive or negative test does not mean you have lupus