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Optimal time for repeating the IgM anti-hepatitis A virus antibody test in acute hepatitis A patients with a negative initial test

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2012

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Jong Jin Hyun, Yeon Seok Seo, Hyonggin An, Sun Young Yim, Min Ho Seo, Hye Sook Kim, Chang Ha Kim, Ji Hoon Kim, Bora Keum, Yong Sik Kim,
The Korean Journal of Hepatology

Abstract

The results of HAV tests were significantly associated with the interval from the peak-ALT day to the HAV-test day. The optimal time for repeating the HAV test in clinically suspicious AHA patients with a negative initial HAV test appears to be at least 2 days after the peak-ALT day.

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