IgM Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen as a Diagnostic Parameter of Acute Infection with Hepatitis B Virus
Because many patients with acute hepatitis B lack detectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), a radioimmunoassay for IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) was developed and evaluated as a diagnostic test. IgM anti-HBc was detected in each of 47 patients with acute hepatitis and tra...
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Published in | The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 143; no. 6; pp. 803 - 809 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
The University of Chicago Press
01.06.1981
University of Chicago Press |
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