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Lamivudine resistance in untreated chronic hepatitis B patients in Turkey.
The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2008
Tunçbilek Semra, Köse Sükran, Elaldi Ahmet, Akman Sezin
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatitis B virus infection is an epidemiological problem throughout the world, including in Turkey. Lamivudine is one of the hepatitis B virus reverse-transcriptase inhibitors used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Lamivudine resistance can develop not only following treatment; it can also be seen in untreated patients. This resistance is related with structural changes...
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