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Emergence of a novel mutation in the FLLA region of hepatitis B virus during lamivudine therapy.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2005
Pai S Balakrishna, Bozdayi A Mithat, Pai Rekha B, Beker Tolunay, Sarioglu Mustafa, Turkyilmaz Ahmet R, Grier Jason, Yurdaydin Cihan, Schinazi Raymond F
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The emergence of resistance to lamivudine has been one of the major stumbling blocks to successful treatment and control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. The major mechanism of resistance has been attributed to the alteration in the YMDD motif of the HBV polymerase due to an amino acid chan...
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