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Clearance of the original hepatitis B virus YMDD-motif mutants with emergence of distinct lamivudine-resistant mutants during prolonged lamivudine therapy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jun 2000
Yeh C T, Chien R N, Chu C M, Liaw Y F
Abstract excerpt
Tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD)-motif mutants may emerge and elicit immune clearance during prolonged lamivudine treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the virological events following development of the original mutants. Twenty-three patients who developed YMDD-motif mutants during the Asian lamivudine trial were included. Serial serum samples from these patients were subjected to...
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