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Establishment of a new quantitative detection approach to adefovir-resistant HBV and its clinical application.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Mar 2010
Zhao Wei-Feng, Shao You-Lin, Chen Liang-Yun, Wu Jin-Hua, Zhu Yi-Ling, Gan Jian-He, Xiong Hui
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To establish the more feasible and sensitive assessment approach to the detection of adefovir (ADV) resistance-associated hepatitis B virus (HBV) quasispecies. METHODS: Based on the characteristics of rtA181V/T and rtN236T mutations, a new approach based on real-time fluorescent quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was established for the detection of ADV-resistant HBV quasispecies, total HBV DNA,...
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