Diagnostic and prognostic value of antialbumin antibodies (AAA) in acute viral hepatitis
Oneşciuc, I.; Jebeleanu, L.; Oneşciuc, C.; Gorgan, V.; Serban, I.; Bucur, D.
Revista de Igiena Bacteriologie Virusologie Parazitologie Epidemiologie Pneumoftiziologie. Bacteriologia Virusologia Parazitologia Epidemiologia 25(2): 111-115
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0376-4494 PMID: 7423087 Document Number: 162805
The behaviour of antialbumin antibodies (AAA) was tested by immunodiffusion in 284 patients suffering from acute viral hepatitis. AAA were found in more than 80% of the cases, and in only 16% of the control lot. The AAA titer was higher the more severe was the clinical form of the disease. As the AAA titer appears to be a marker of functional alterations of the hepatocyte, the test might be used to check the recovery of convalescents after acute viral hepatitis.