[The use of an immunofluorescence technic in the control of chronic HBV hepatitis]

Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1982 Aug 30;58(16):1037-42.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The direct and indirect immunofluorescence technique has been used to study liver biopsies in children affected by different forms of chronic HBsAg positive Hepatitis. The method allows to study the long run changes of the antigens correlated to HBV and of the related immunological phenomena both in serum (autoantibodies) and in the tissue (immunoglobulins and immunocomplexes in the liver). The results obtained are satisfactory.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique*
  • Hepatitis B / pathology*
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / analysis
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens