| Literature DB >> 11941556 |
Bernhard Zöllner1, Jörg Petersen, Peter Schäfer, Matthias Schröter, Rainer Laufs, Martina Sterneck, Heinz-Hubert Feucht.
Abstract
We conducted a 12-month longitudinal investigation of the subtype-dependent response of hepatitis B virus (HBV) to lamivudine treatment in 43 consecutive patients with chronic hepatitis B. HBV subtype ayw appears to respond better to lamivudine monotherapy than does HBV subtype adw (P=.005). This might be the reason for the lower incidence of lamivudine-resistant strains observed in persons infected with HBV subtype ayw during follow-up.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11941556 DOI: 10.1086/339959
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079