Multiple factors contribute to positive results for hepatitis a virus immunoglobulin m antibody

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-95

  Alatoom, Adnan ^a   Ansari, M Qasim ^a   Cuthbert, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872007222     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0693-OA     Document Type: Article

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