Anti-LKM_antibody

Anti-LKM antibody

Anti-LKM antibody

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An anti-LKM antibody (anti–liver-kidney microsomal antibody or LKM antibody) is any of several autoantibodies that are detected in the serum of patients with different types of acute or chronic liver disease. These antibodies are targeted against antigens of the cytochrome P450 system.

Classification

There are three kinds of anti-LKM antibodies:

More information Microsomal antibody, Antigen ...

References

  1. [1]
    Gebre-Medhin G et al., FEBS Letters 1997
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