Anti-mitochondrial antibody

And this historically was diagnosed by biopsy, but now we've made it much easier to diagnose this.

Elevated liver enzymes, specifically a test called an alkaline phosphatase and a positive blood test called an AMA, anti-mitochondrial antibody test.

That's an antibody that's attacking a specific enzyme inside the liver.

It's part of the story of the inflammation.

function indicates the liver starting to fail, which is a late process.

So historically, people had difficulty making this diagnosis because they just didn't think about it.

They didn't think about doing the AMA test, but it's so simple and it's a cheap test.

It's probably $7.