Frequency of YMDD Mutations in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Untreated with Antiviral Medicines

Background: Investigators were suspicious of tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) mutations occurred only in patients who were treated by lamivudine. However, YMDD mutations of hepatitis B virus gene (HBV DNA) in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) untreated with antiviral medicines wa...

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Main Authors: Hossein Keyvani, Hamid Vahedi, Yasir Andrabi, Hadi Ghofrani, Mohsen N Toosi, Hussein Froutan, Seyed Hamid Moosavy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2011-12-01
Series:Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran
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Online Access:http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-281&slc_lang=en&sid=1