| Literature DB >> 599183 |
Abstract
Hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) was prepared from human liver tissue and used in an immunoelectro-osmophoresis screening test to detect antibody to HBcAg (anti-HBc) in patients with evidence of liver disease and in blood donors. With the exception of two immunosuppressed HBsAg carriers, anti-HBc was found in all cases of hepatitis B infection even when HBsAg was detectable only by radioimmunoassay. Non-specific reactions were observed in 'non-B' hepatitis but, in spite of this problem, antib-HBc screening was considered a useful addition to routine tests in the clinical hepatitis laboratory.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID: 599183 PMCID: PMC476529 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.30.8.709
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411