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Impact of hepatitis B virus rtA181V/T mutants on hepatitis B treatment failure.
Journal of hepatology - 1 May 2008
Villet Stéphanie, Pichoud Christian, Billioud Gaëtan, Barraud Luc, Durantel Sandra, Trépo Christian, Zoulim Fabien
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Recent clinical observations reported the occurrence of amino acid substitutions at position 181 of the HBV polymerase, associated with a viral breakthrough under lamivudine or adefovir therapy. In this study, we characterized the main variants harboring the rtA181T/V mutation isolated from 10 consecutive patients who developed lamivudine and/or adefovir resistance. METHODS: We performed a clonal...
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