Garcia JM, Marugan RB, Garcia GM, Lindeman MLM, Abete JF, Terron SDC. TT virus infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B and response of TTV to lamivudine. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9(6): 1261-1264 [PMID: 12800236 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i6.1261]
Corresponding Author of This Article
Dr. Rafael Barcena Marugan, Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Ramony Cajal, Ctra. Colmenar, Km 9.1, 28034 Madrid, Spain. rbarcena.hrc@salud.madrid.org
Article-Type of This Article
Viral Hepatitis
Open-Access Policy of This Article
This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 15, 2003; 9(6): 1261-1264 Published online Jun 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i6.1261
Table 1 Comparison of serum TTV DNA concentration changes before treatment and at the end of treatment
Non-responders (n = 7)
Responders (n = 8)
Pa
Before treatment
4.6 × 107
8.0 × 107
0.66
End of treatment
1.1 × 108
3.4 × 107
0.29
Table 2 Changes of TTV DNA concentration in HBV non-responsive and responsive patients to lamivudine therapy
Before treatment
End of treatment
Pa
Non-responders (n = 7)
4.6 × 107
1.1 × 108
0.60
Responders (n = 8)
8.0 × 107
3.4 × 107
0.55
Table 3 Comparison of serum TTV DNA concentration changes before treatment and at the end of treatment
Non-transplanted (n = 5)
Transplanted (n = 10)
Pa
Before treatment
1.2 × 107
8.9 × 107
0.22
End of treatment
8.8 × 106
1.0 × 108
0.07
Table 4 Changes in TTV DNA concentration in non-transplanted and transplanted patients
Before treatment
End of treatment
Pa
Non-transplanted (n = 5)
1.2 × 107
8.8 × 106
0.59
Transplanted (n = 10)
8.9 × 107
1.0 × 108
0.87
Citation: Garcia JM, Marugan RB, Garcia GM, Lindeman MLM, Abete JF, Terron SDC. TT virus infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B and response of TTV to lamivudine. World J Gastroenterol 2003; 9(6): 1261-1264