ISSN:
1434-9949
Keywords:
Hepatitis B Virus Carrier
;
Isotypes of Rheumatoid Factor
;
ELISA
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Rheumatoid factor (RF) is known to be present very frequently in HB virus carriers. When RF was assayed in 140 asymptomatic carriers by agglutination method, 20.0% were found to be positive, whereas 2.7% in the controls (p〈0.01). ELISA for detection of RF isotypes showed RF in carriers to be almost IgMRF only. IgMRF showed a tendency to react more readily to human IgG rather than to rabbit IgG. The incidence of IgMRF positivity was higher among anti-HBe antibody-positive carriers than among anti-HBe antibody negative ones, but the difference between the two populations was not significant. However, the incidence of IgMRF positivity in the group showing hepatic dysfunctions was found to be significantly higher than in the group with normal hepatic functions.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02208030
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