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Impact of prior lamivudine use on the antiviral efficacy and development of resistance to entecavir in chronic hepatitis B patients.
Clinical and molecular hepatology - 1 Jun 2015
Hwang Joo An, Kim Kee Bum, Yang Min Jae, Lim Sun Gyo, Hwang Jae Chul, Cheong Jae Youn, Cho Sung Won, Kim Soon Sun
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: To determine the efficacies of entecavir (ETV) in nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA)-naïve chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients and in those with prior lamivudine (LAM) use who did not develop resistance. METHODS: We retrospectively enrolled 337 patients with CHB who were treated with ETV (0.5 mg daily) for at least 30 months. The study included 270 (80.1%) NA-naïve patients and 67 (19.9%) LAM-use...
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