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Specific Diagnostic Blood Tests

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Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts

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This chapter describes blood tests for the serological and molecular diagnosis of hepatitis.

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  1. Shabbir Chaiwala
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  1. University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

    George Y. Wu MD, PhD

  2. Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA

    Jonathan Israel MD

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Chaiwala, S., Wu, G.Y. (1998). Specific Diagnostic Blood Tests. In: Wu, G.Y., Israel, J. (eds) Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1808-1_3

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1808-1_3

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