False Positive Anti-Hepatitis A Virus IgM Result in a Patient with Autoimmune Hepatitis
This report describes a patient with autoimmune hepatitis in whom a positive test result for hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM antibody led to diagnostic confusion until it was shown to be false positive by immunoprecipitation of IgG from serum. The mechanism for the false positive result may have been re...
Main Authors: | James R. Gray, Urs P. Steinbrecher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
1989-01-01
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Series: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1989/389354 |
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