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Lamivudine resistance and other mutations in the polymerase and surface antigen genes of hepatitis B virus associated with a fatal hepatic failure case.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jan 2008
Bottecchia Marcelle, Ikuta Nilo, Niel Christian, Araujo Natalia M, O Kycia M R, Gomes Selma A
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Resistance to lamivudine therapy of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection occurs by mutation in the YMDD motif of the reverse transcriptase (rt) domain (rtM204V/I) of the virus polymerase, and is usually accompanied by rtL180M mutation. Here we investigated virological fac...
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