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YMDD motif mutations in chronic hepatitis B antiviral treatment naïve patients: a multi-center study.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Tan You-Wen, Ge Guo-Hong, Zhao Wei, Gan Jian-He, Zhao Yun, Niu Zhi-Lin, Zhang Dong-Jun, Chen Li, Yu Xue-Jun, Yang Li-Jun
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the natural prevalence of variants of tyrosine-methionine-aspartic acid-aspartic acid (YMDD) motif in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and to explore its relation with demographic and clinical features, hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes, and HBV DNA levels. METHODS: A total of 1,042 antiviral treatment naïve CHB patients (including with lamivudine [LAM]) in the...
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