[Serologic diagnosis and follow-up of hepatitis B].
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.
Frei
P C
PC
Division d'immunologie et d'allergie, CHUV, Lausanne.
Grob
P J
PJ
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
D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens
Serologische Diagnose und Verlaufsbeurteilung der Hepatitis B.