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[Resistance to adefovir in patients with chronic hepatitis B].
The Korean journal of hepatology - 1 Dec 2006
Ryu Soo Hyung, Chung Young-Hwa
Abstract excerpt
Adefovir dipivoxil (ADV) is effective in the treatment of chronic hepatitis patients with wild type and lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus. The occurrence of viral resistance to long-term adefovir therapy is rare, the cumulative rates of resistance were 0%, 3%, 11%, 18%, and 28% at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 years of therapy, respectively. The emergence of adefovir resistant mutant in patients with lamivudine...
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