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SUBMITTER: Suzuki Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4065939 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suzuki Yuka Y Yotsuyanagi Hiroshi H Okuse Chiaki C Nagase Yoshihiko Y Takahashi Hideaki H Moriya Kyoji K Suzuki Michihiro M Koike Kazuhiko K Iino Shiro S Itoh Fumio F
World journal of gastroenterology 20070201 6
We present a case of fetal liver failure caused by the activation of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B virus (HBV) nine months after lamivudine treatment. A 57-year old man visited our hospital for the treatment of decompensated chronic hepatitis B. Lamivudine was started in December 2001. Subsequently, serum HBV was negative for HBV DNA with seroconversion from HBeAg to anti-HBe and improvement of liver function. However, HBV DNA and HBeAg were again detected in September 2002. He was complicate ...[more]