Anti-hepatocyte membrane antibody

ALMA is non-disease-specific, it most often occurs in viral and primary autoimmune hepatitis I, and its incidence is lower in patients with non-hepatic disease. ALMA is one of the liver-specific antibodies. ALMA is commonly determined by indirect immunofluorescence.

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