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What are the chances of getting a false positive for hepatitis b?
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Unlikely: Actually if you do all the tests including antibody,surface antigen,hep b surface antibody,hep b core(anti hbc,igm and igg) All hese tests have different interpretation in different patients
Answered 4/3/2015
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