Smooth Muscle Antibody (ASMA)
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An anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA) test is a blood test that detects autoantibodies that attack the smooth muscle cells in the body, often in the liver. Autoantibodies are antibodies made by your body that attack your own body cells.
What Is an ASMA?
ASMAs were first discovered in 1965 in people with chronic active hepatitis.
Usually, your immune system will attack foreign bodies like a parasite or a virus with the antibodies made for defending your body. Autoantibodies like ASMAs think that your own cells and tissues are foreign bodies and tell your immune system to kill them.
ASMAs ? also known as smooth muscle antibodies ? attack smooth muscle tissues throughout certain parts of the body. The ASMA test searches for these antibodies in the blood
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