Antibody to Hepatitis B Core Antigen as a Paradoxical Marker for Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis Agents in Donated Blood.

Authors :: Koziol, Deloris E.
Holland, Paul V.
Alling, David W.
Melpolder, Jacqueline C.
Solomon, Rachel E.
Purcell, Robert H.
Hudson, Lenita M.
Shoup, Frances J.
Krakauer, Henry
Alter, Harvey J.
Source :: Annals of Internal Medicine. Apr86, Vol. 104 Issue 4, p488. 8p.
Publication Year :: 1986
Abstract: Investigates the association of the presence of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen in donor blood and the development of hepatitis in recipients of that blood. Findings of the serologic tests for alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and bilirubin levels; Classification of hepatitis; Relationship of transfusion volume to recipient hepatitis events.

Subjects :: *IMMUNOGLOBULINS
*HEPATITIS B
*ANTIGENS
*ALANINE
*BLOOD transfusion

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