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Prediction of breakthrough hepatitis due to lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus by a sensitive semiquantitative assay using peptide nucleic acids.
Intervirology - 1 Jan 2006
Mori Kojiro, Minami Masahito, Kirishima Toshihiko, Kunimoto Koji, Okita Mika, Nakayama Mika, Makiyama Akiko, Yamaoka Junko, Nakajima Tomoki, Yasui Kohichiroh, Itoh Yoshito, Okanoue Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to predict breakthrough hepatitis and analyze the dynamics of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus in patients treated with lamivudine. METHODS: Fifty-five chronic hepatitis B patients treated with lamivudine were included. The emergence of YMDD motif mutants was detected by peptide nucleic acid (PNA) mediated PCR clamping with a detection limit of 10(1) YMDD mutants. We...
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