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KMID : 0383119990460010033
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Journal of Aerospace Medicine
1999 Volume.46 No. 1 p.33 ~ p.41
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Anti-HCV Antibody Test for ROK Air Force Pilots with Elevated Serum ALT or AST Levels
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Lee Young-Joon
Jung Kyeong-Cheon
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Abstract
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Blood samples from 129 ROK Air Force pilots with alanine aminotransferase(ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase(AST) elevation over 40IU/L were evaluated for anti-HCV Ab using particle agglutination method and third-generation enzyme immunoassay(EIA). Although particle agglutination test showed indeterminate results in seven cases, all 129 cases were negative by third-generation EIA. The positive rate of anti-HCV Ab could be considered as 0% in this study because third-generation EIA is known to be more accurate than particle agglutination method. In some pilots the elevation of ALT and/or AST could be explained by HBs Ag carrier(5.4%) and fatty liver, hyperlipidemia, obesity and liver parenchymal calcification(20.9%), but others showed no causative findings.
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KEYWORD
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Anti-HCV Ab, ALT, AST, Particle Agglutination, EIA, Pilots
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