title: [Serologic diagnosis and follow-up of hepatitis B].
abstract: This paper is a short summary on the usefulness of two antigens (HBsAg and HBeAg), three antibodies (anti-HBc, anti-HBe and anti-HBs) and of HBV DNA, as markers for the diagnosis and the follow-up of hepatitis B. The significance of each of these markers at the various stages of disease history, a few patterns of co-existence of some of these markers and the occurrence of mutations in the core and pre-core regions of the genome are also described. The various indications for measuring HBV DNA, in addition to the classical serological markers, are also mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Division d'immunologie et d'allergie, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Frei
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Grob
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
vernacular_title: Serologische Diagnose und Verlaufsbeurteilung der Hepatitis B.