Test Directory

Anti-Smooth Muscle Antibody

Containers - Adult

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Sarstedt Monovette Serum Gel Tube (Brown Cap)
Volume Range

​4.9mls

Additive per Container

​Clotting activator/gel

Containers - Child

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Sarstedt Monovette Serum Gel Tube (Brown Cap)
Volume Range

​4.9ml

Additive per Container

​Clotting activator/gel

Reference ranges

​Positive results are reported as (+) borderline, + positive or ++ strong positive.

Laboratory Site

RIE
51 Little France Crescent
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Telephone: 0131 536 1000

Special instructions for collection

Serum samples only please.

How to request

​Trak, ICE, Clinical Immunology request form.

Availability

​Normal working hours 9am-5pm Mon to Fri.

Anticipated turnaround

14 Days

What happens if the result is positive or abnormal

Reviewed and authorised by Consultant Immunologist.

General additional information

Tested alongside GPC, AMA and LKM.
 
Anti-Smooth Muscle antibodies are associated with Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis and can also be seen in viral hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis, asthma, yellow fever and malignant tumours (carcinomas of the ovary, malignant melanoma) and they have been found in less than 2% of the normal population.
 
Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) using rat liver, kidney and stomach tissue block. This antibody is measured on a combined liver, kidney and stomach section and so the results for Anti-Mitochondrial antibodies, Gastric parietal cell antibodies and Liver kidney Microsomal antibodies will also be reported.