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The high incidence of the emergence of entecavir-resistant mutants among patients infected with lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Oct 2007
Nagasaki Futoshi, Niitsuma Hirofumi, Ueno Yoshiyuki, Inoue Jun, Kogure Takayuki, Fukushima Koji, Shimosegawa Tooru
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains to be one of the most prevailing infection in the world, causing chronic liver diseases. Although lamivudine has been effective to suppress HBV replication, longer durations of administration can lead to the emergence of drug-resistant mutant viruses, followed by reactivation of hepatic inflammation (breakthrough hepatitis). Moreover, the optimal period of administration...
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