Article
Hepatitis B viral surface mutations in patients with adefovir resistant chronic hepatitis B with A181T/V polymerase mutations.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Feb 2010
Kim Jeong Han, Jung Young Kul, Joo Moon Kyung, Kim Ji Hoon, Yim Hyung Joon, Park Jong-Jae, Kim Jae Seon, Bak Young-Tae, Yeon Jong Eun, Byun Kwan Soo
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase gene has overlapping reading frames with surface genes, which allows to alter the amino acid codon of the surface genes. In adefovir (ADV) treated chronic hepatitis B patients carrying rtA181T/rtA181V mutations, overlap with surface gene mutations such as sW172stop/sL173F has been reported. However, the clinical consequences of such surface mutations have not been...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
