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This chapter describes blood tests for the serological and molecular diagnosis of hepatitis.
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- Acute Hepatitis
- Molecular Diagnostic Technique
- Antigenemia Assay
- Recombinant Immunoblot Assay
- Diagnostic Blood Test
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Chaiwala, S., Wu, G.Y. (1998). Specific Diagnostic Blood Tests. In: Wu, G.Y., Israel, J. (eds) Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1808-1_3
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