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Significance of viral load, core promoter/precore mutations and specific sequences of polymerase gene in HBV-infected patients on 3-year lamivudine treatment.
Antiviral therapy - 1 Jan 2006
Yuen Man-Fung, Sablon Erwin, Libbrecht Evelien, Van De Velde Hilde, Wong Danny Ka-Ho, Fung James, Wong Benjamin Chun-Yu, Lai Ching-Lung
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BACKGROUND: Comprehensive study on viral factors predicting treatment responsiveness to lamivudine is lacking. AIMS: To define the significance of various viral factors and changes of viral population with lamivudine treatment. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels at baseline, week 24, 52 and year 3 were measured in 80 patients on continuous lamivudine therapy for 3 years. Genotypes, core...
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