Метод полімеразної ланцюгової реакції та диференційна діагностика хронічних гепатитів

Abstract

In this paper the possibilities of the use of polymerase chain reaction method in differential diagnosis of chronic hepatitis is being viewed. Polymerase chain reaction helps us to establish the presence of virus infection within serum-negative patients, the presence of viremia within the patients having the normal transaminase level, the determination of the virus infection phase, the presence of mixed infections. These are the reasons why the use of PCR-analysis in clinical practice is the obligatory condition for examining and diagnosis of chronic hepatitis etiology.