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Smooth Muscle Antibodies (ASMA), Serum

Description

See Also Liver Antigen Profile

Indications

Anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA) is present in 50% of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and in occasional cases of cryptogenic cirrhosis, infectious mononucleosis, asthma and neoplasms and in 30% of patients with SLE.

Sample Type, Quantity & Conditions

1 ml Serum Stability: 14 Days at 2-8 °C

Special Precautions

Normal Range

Negative: < 1/20 Titre