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Identification of a ribavirin-resistant NS5B mutation of hepatitis C virus during ribavirin monotherapy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 2003
Young Kung-Chia, Lindsay Karen L, Lee Ki-Jeong, Liu Wen-Chun, He Jian-Wen, Milstein Susan L, Lai Michael M C
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Ribavirin (RBV), a guanosine analogue, has been suggested to exert an antiviral action against hepatitis C virus (HCV) by causing lethal mutations and suppressing RNA polymerase in vitro, but the mechanism of its clinical therapeutic effects is currently unknown. To test the hypothesis that RBV c...
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