Acute delta hepatitis without circulating HBsAg.
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1985Author
De Cock, KM
Govindarajan, S
Redeker, AG
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Abstract
Infection with the delta agent can only occur in the context of coexistent hepatitis B virus infection. We describe a patient in whom the clinical features of acute delta hepatitis developed when seroconversion from hepatitis B surface antigen to antibody had already occurred and diagnosis of recent acute hepatitis B was based on high titre IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. We discuss the significance of such a serological profile, not previously described.
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Gut. 1985 Feb;26(2):212-4.Publisher
University of Nairobi College of Humanities Sciences
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- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]