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6124761

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8294
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Serial serum samples from 110 patients with acute viral hepatitis type B were tested for HBsAg/IgM complexes by a newly developed solid-phase radioimmunoassay. In 102 patients the infection resolved and they recovered from the disease. In these patients, HBsAg/IgM complexes were either absent from the outset of disappeared from serum within four weeks of admission, long before HBsAg had cleared or serum alanine aminotransferase had returned to normal, 8 patients progressed to chronic HBsAg carrier state and chronic liver disease. In these patients, HBsAg/IgM complexes were detectable in the serum on admission, and never disappeared. These results indicate that persistence of circulating complexes containing HBsAg and IgM after the early phase of acute viral hepatitis type B is a predictor of disease chronicity. As early as the fifth week of illness those in whom chronic liver disease developed could be distinguished from those who recovered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
358-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Persistence of circulating HBsAg/IgM complexes in acute viral hepatitis, type B: an early marker of chronic evolution.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article