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Outcome of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus is generally benign except in cirrhotics.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Jul 2005
Dan Yock-Young, Wai Chun-Tao, Lee Yin-Mei, Sutedja Dede-Selamat, Seet Bee-Leng, Lim Seng-Gee
Abstract excerpt
AIM: We set to determine factors that determine clinical severity after the development of resistance. METHODS: Thirty-five Asian patients with genotypic lamivudine resistance were analyzed in three groups: 13/35 (37%) were non-cirrhotics with normal pre-treatment ALT (Group IA), 12/35 (34%) were non-cirrhotics with elevated pre-treatment ALT (Group IB), and 10/35 (29%) were cirrhotics (Group II). Patients were...
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