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Early detection and quantification of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus mutants by fluorescent biprobe hybridization assay in lamivudine-treated patients.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jul 2006
Umeoka Fumi, Iwasaki Yoshiaki, Matsumura Masayuki, Takaki Akinobu, Kobashi Haruhiko, Tatsukawa Masashi, Shiraha Hidenori, Fujioka Shin-ichi, Sakaguchi Kohsaku, Shiratori Yasushi
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BACKGROUND: Long-term lamivudine treatment induces the emergence of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV). The objective of this study was to develop a fluorescent biprobe hybridization (FBH) assay for the detection and quantification of HBV mutants in the clinical course of lamivudine-tre...
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