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Evolution of wild type and mutants of the YMDD motif of hepatitis B virus polymerase during lamivudine therapy.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Dec 2003
Zhang Xinxin, Liu Chuanmiao, Gong Qiming, Zhang Shenying, Zhang Donghua, Lu Zhimeng, Wang Yuan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Long-term lamivudine treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection induces the emergence of lamivudine resistant HBV YMDD mutant strains. The aim of the present study was to observe the clone evolution of YMDD wild type and mutant strains in pretreatment and post-tre...
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