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Absence of pretreatment markers that predict the emergence of YMDD mutants during lamivudine treatment--the results of a prospective multi-center study.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Yano Masahiko, Ohkoshi Shogo, Suzuki Kenta, Ito Shin-ichi, Wakabayashi Hiroto, Sugiyama Motoya, Watanabe Toshiaki, Maeda Hironobu, Hatakeyama Shige-aki, Hatano Tohru, Kobayashi Yuka, Takei Shin-ichi, Kohjiro Hata, Tsuboi Yasunori, Takahashi Tohru, Ishikawa Tohru, Kamimura Tomoteru, Ichida Takafumi, Aoyagi Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The emergence of YMDD mutants in patients who are treated with lamivudine may determine the clinical prognosis. However, currently there are no clinical or virological factors that predict specifically the emergence of the mutants. METHODOLOGY: To define these factors, we analyzed 69 patients with chronic hepatitis B infection who were treated with lamivudine (LAM) and followed prospectively for...
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