Acute delta hepatitis without circulating HBsAg.
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- 1 February 1985
- Vol. 26 (2) , 212-214
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.26.2.212
Abstract
Infection with the delta agent can only occur in the context of coexistent hepatitis B virus infection. We describe a patient in whom the clinical features of acute delta hepatitis developed when seroconversion from hepatitis B surface antigen to antibody had already occurred and diagnosis of recent acute hepatitis B was based on high titre IgM antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. We discuss the significance of such a serological profile, not previously described.Keywords
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