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Evolution of multi-drug resistant hepatitis B virus during sequential therapy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2006
Yim Hyung Joon, Hussain Munira, Liu Ying, Wong Stephen N, Fung Scott K, Lok Anna S F
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Multi-drug resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been reported in hepatitis B patients who received sequential antiviral therapy. In vitro studies showed that HBV constructs with mutations resistant to lamivudine and adefovir have marked reduction in sensitivity to combination of lamivudine and adefovir, whereas constructs with mutations resistant to either drug remain sensitive to the other drug. We conducted...
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