[12] Autoimmune hepatitis type 3 [13,14 ... and detection of antimitochondrial antibody (AMA). If one or more components of the scoring system are not evaluated, a score pointing to a probable ...

or prominent changes suggestive of another disease AIH = autoimmune hepatitis; alpha-1 AT = alpha-1 antitrypsin; ANA = antinuclear antibodies; SMA = smooth muscle antibodies; anti-LKM1 ...

Autoimmune Hepatitis should be considered whenever the cause of liver disease is not clear. Blood tests to check for presence of immunoglobulins (IgG) and auto-antibodies (ANA, SMA, LKM-1 ...

Recently, this antibody has been used to treat autoimmune diseases ... is often associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and leads to a membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis usually ...

Until now, scientists believed this autoimmune response occurred ... What our study showed was that during a chronic hepatitis C infection, antibodies on the virus surface form an antibody cluster ...