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Hepatitis B genotypes in chronic hepatitis B and lamivudine therapy.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2003
Yuen Man-Fung, Tanaka Yasuhito, Lai Ching-Lung
Abstract excerpt
The influence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes on the natural history and the response to treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B are of potential interest. Compared to the patients with HBV genotype C, those with genotype B were of a younger age and had a higher cumulative rate of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion during the initial 6 years of follow-up. The earlier HBeAg seroconversion in...
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