Hepatitis B Surface Antigen

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Contents 1 Clinical-significance 2 More General Terms 3 Additional Terms 4 References

Clinical-significance

• component of the outer viral envelope detectable in serum of most patients with acute & chronic hepatitis B infection
• rises with HBeAg, but declines later
• HBsAg indicates HBV infection, acute or chronic
• with development of immunity HBsAg disappears prior to disappearance of HBcAb IgM

More General Terms

• membrane protein
• hepatitis B Antigen

Additional Terms

• hepatitis B infection
• hepatitis B surface antigen in serum (HBsAg)
• hepatitis B virus (HBV)
• hepatitis B virus (HBV) serology

References

1. Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald & McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995, pg 369
2. Laboratory Medicine: Test Selection & Interpretation. Howanitz & Howanitz (eds), Churchill Livingstone, NY, 1991, pg 818-19
3. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 14, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2006

hepatitis B Surface antigen (HBsAg)