Article
Effect of hepatitis B virus reverse transcriptase variations on entecavir treatment response.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 2014
Wong Danny Ka-Ho, Kopaniszen Malgorzata, Omagari Katsumi, Tanaka Yasuhito, Fong Daniel Yee-Tak, Seto Wai-Kay, Fung James, Huang Fung-Yu, Zhang An-Ye, Hung Ivan Fan-Ngai, Lai Ching-Lung, Yuen Man-Fung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Entecavir therapy often reduces hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA to an undetectable level, but HBV DNA remain detectable in some patients. We investigated whether baseline HBV reverse transcriptase (rt) polymorphism and quasispecies complexity and diversity were associated with treatment r...
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