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Comparison of clinical outcome between patients continuing and discontinuing lamivudine therapy after biochemical breakthrough of YMDD mutants.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Sept 2004
Chen Chien-Hung, Lee Chuan-Mo, Lu Sheng-Nan, Wang Jing-Houng, Tung Hung-Da, Hung Chao-Hung, Chen Wei-Jen, Changchien Chi-Sin
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcome between patients continuing and discontinuing lamivudine therapy after the biochemical breakthrough of hepatitis B virus tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) mutant. METHODS: YMDD mutants were detected in 51 chronic hepatitis B patients who experienced a flare-up of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) during lamivudine treatment....
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