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Understanding the patient population and test utilization for hepatitis B virus testing

Rihwa Choi1,2, Yejin Oh1, Seungman Park1

  • 1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Green Cross Laboratories, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
|October 1, 2019
PubMed
Summary

This study analyzed Hepatitis B virus (HBV) serologic and virologic tests in Korean adults. While HBV DNA and hepatitis B envelope antigen (HBeAg) showed correlation, over half of samples lacked agreement between these key indicators.

Keywords:
Koreahepatitis B virustest utilization

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