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PCR Inadequate in HEV Testing
Published in Blood Weekly, March 11th, 1996
The study was presented at the VII International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis, held January 25-27, 1996 in Madrid, Spain.
Researcher Amit Aggarwal and colleagues sought to investigate the role of hepatitis E virus (HEV) in acute viral hepatitis and fulminant hepatic failure and to investigate whether serology or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is better at diagnosing HEV.
A total of 70 patients (50 cases with acute viral hepatitis and 20 with fulminant viral hepatitis) were included in the study. ...
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