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Unfortunately, no one test can tell your doctor you definitely have RA. Instead, your doctor looks for a tell-tell pattern in the information taken from many sources, such as your medical history, physical examination, laboratory tests, X-rays, a fluid sample taken from affected joints, and, if rheumatoid nodules are present, a biopsy of those nodules.