title: [Anti-smooth muscle antibodies in a hospital population].
abstract: A total of 139 sera being 60 patients with liver disease were tested for auto-antibodies. Twenty six of the 60 patients had active chronic hepatitis, 19 acute hepatitis, 3 cirrhosis, 3 hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, and 9 miscelaneous liver pathology. We found positivity for smooth muscle antibody in 26 cases: smooth muscle antibody-V in 15 cases, for smooth muscle antibody-T in 9, and for smooth muscle antibody-G in 10 other patients. Nine out of 10 patients with positive smooth muscle antibody-G had chronic active hepatitis and the remaining had cirrhosis. The other kinds of smooth muscle antibodies were irregularly distributed among the different hepatic disease studied. The higher levels of auto-antibodies were found mostly in chronic hepatic disease.
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000276:immunology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000276:immunology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies
vernacular_title: Anticorpos anti-músculo liso em uma população hospitalar.