Diagnostics (HBV)
"Differential Diagnosis of Acute HBsAg Positive Hepatitis using IgM anti-HBc by a Rapid, Fully Automated Microparticle Enzyme Immunoassay."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 24th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Journal of Hepatology, "Background/Aims: We determined the diagnostic significance of IgM anti-HBc by a rapid, fully automated microparticle enzyme immunoassay (IMx CORE-M) in acute HBsAg positive hepatitis. Methods: We studied prospectively for at least 6 months 100 patients with acute self-limited hepatitis B (group A) and 40 patients with acute hepatitis superimposed on histologically confirmed chronic hepatitis B (group B). On admission, all patients in group A were positive and those in group B were negative for IgM anti-HBc by a commercially available enzyme immunoassay. Results: Based on the...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1997-03-24)
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