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The short-term efficacy of entecavir in lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B: influence of sequential adefovir-refractoriness.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2013
Kim Jung Ho, Kim Yun Soo, Jung Young Kul, Kim Yeon Suk, Kwon Oh Sang, Ku Yang Suh, Choi Duck Joo, Kim Ju Hyun
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Sequential antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B may lead to the selection of multidrug-resistant mutation. This study was carried out to assess the efficacy of entecavir in patients that have experienced adefovir monotherapy failure after the development of lamivudine resistance. METHODOLOGY: Fifty-three patients with confirmed genotypic lamivudine-resistant chronic hepatitis B were treated...
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