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Reversion from precore/core promoter mutants to wild-type hepatitis B virus during the course of lamivudine therapy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Nov 2000
Cho S W, Hahm K B, Kim J H
Abstract excerpt
The effect of lamivudine administration on the evolution of precore/core promoter mutation is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the changes of precore/core promoter sequences in chronic type B hepatitis patients treated with lamivudine. Serial sera were obtained from 11 patients before, at the beginning of, and during therapy. Serum samples were polymerase chain reaction-amplified, and nucleotide...
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