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Liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B with lamivudine-resistant YMDD mutant using add-on adefovir dipivoxil plus lamivudine.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jul 2005
Lo Chung Mau, Liu Chi Leung, Lau George K, Chan See Ching, Ng Irene O, Fan Sheung Tat
Abstract excerpt
Lamivudine treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection may improve clinical state and suppress viral replication before liver transplantation. Emergence of lamivudine-resistant YMDD mutant is common. We report the results of liver transplantation in 16 patients with pretransplantation YMDD mutants after receiving lamivudine treatment for a median of 738 days (range, 400-1799 days)....
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