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Subclones of drug-resistant hepatitis B virus mutants and the outcome of breakthrough hepatitis in patients treated with lamivudine.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2003
Kumashiro Ryukichi, Kuwahara Reiichiro, Ide Tatsuya, Koga Yuriko, Arinaga Teruko, Hisamochi Akiko, Ogata Kei, Tanaka Kazuo, Sata Michio
Abstract excerpt
Breakthroughs during lamivudine therapy were assessed according to hepatitis flares and mutational polymorphism of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infecting patients. Of 42 patients with chronic hepatitis B and positive for hepatitis B e antigen in serum, 13 (30%) harbored HBV mutants with lamivudine res...
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