Association of core promoter mutations with viral breakthrough in chronic hepatitis B patients on long-term lamivudine therapy
โ Scribed by Syed Naqui Kazim; Ranjit Chauhan; Bhudev Chandra Das; Shiv Kumar Sarin
- Book ID
- 108950990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 347 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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## Abstract HBe antigen (HBeAg) loss or seroconversion can occur during lamivudine therapy. The purpose of this study was to analyze nucleotide sequences in precore and core promoter regions, and examine the influence of mutations in these regions on the disappearance of HBeAg during lamivudine the