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Genetic heterogeneity of the precore and the core promoter region of genotype C hepatitis B virus during lamivudine therapy.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2004
Kuwahara Reiichiro, Kumashiro Ryukichi, Murashima Shiro, Ogata Kei, Tanaka Kazuo, Hisamochi Akiko, Hino Teruko, Ide Tatsuya, Tanaka Eisuke, Koga Yuriko, Sata Michio
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It has been reported that spontaneous or interferon (IFN)-induced hepatitis B e (HBe) seroconversion has usually been associated with the development of a stop codon in the precore region. However, the difference between lamivudine-induced seroconversion and spontaneous or IFN-induced seroconvers...
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