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Interferon for treatment of breakthrough infection with hepatitis B virus mutants developing during long-term lamivudine therapy.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2002
Suzuki Fumitaka, Tsubota Akihito, Akuta Norio, Someya Takashi, Kobayashi Masahiro, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Saitoh Satoshi, Arase Yasuji, Ikeda Kenji, Miyakawa Yuzo, Kumada Hiromitsu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We aimed to treat patients with chronic hepatitis B on long-term treatment with lamivudine who developed lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants along with clinical relapses. METHODS: Of 217 patients with chronic hepatitis B who had been treated with lamivudine for 1-6 years, 23 (11%) developed lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutants. Seven of them, including 1 whose case was...
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