## Abstract Antihepatitis C virus (HCV) IgM antibodies were found in patients with both acute and chronic hepatitis C. The aims of the study were to determine the significance, in terms of liver disease and virological parameters, of anti‐HCV core IgM antibodies in the serum of patients with chroni
Performance characteristics of a combined hepatitis C virus core antigen and anti–hepatitis C virus antibody test in different patient groups
✍ Scribed by Jeng-Fu Yang; Ya-Yun Lin; Meng-Hsuan Hsieh; Chiu-Hung Tsai; Shu-Fen Liu; Ming-Lung Yu; Chia-Yen Dai; Jee-Fu Huang; Wen-Yi Lin; Zu-Yau Lin; Shinn-Chern Chen; Wan-Long Chuang
- Book ID
- 119316857
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0257-5655
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