25 Jul
ASMA are detected in 40-70% of patients with Type 1 chronic active hepatitis, 50% of patients with active hepatitis/primary biliary cirrhosis overlap, and 28%
of patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis. It can be also positive in conditions like acute viral hepatitis, infectious mononucleosis, asthma, yellow fever, malignancies (ovarian carcinomas, malignant melanoma), rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.