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No benefit to continue lamivudine therapy after emergence of YMDD mutations.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Apr 2004
Liaw Yun-Fan, Chien Rong-Non, Yeh Chau-Ting
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the sequence of the conserved tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) locus of the HBV RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (rt M 204 I/V) may develop after 6-9 months of lamivudine therapy. The current practice of continuing lamivudine therapy has been associated with hepatitis flares or even hepatic decompensation. In addition, experiments have shown that the defective replication...
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