Method: NA-resistance-related aa substitutions outside the B and C domains, such as
rtI233V,
rtN236T and
rtM250I/V, were not considered relevant for the aims of the study, since they had not been detected du
Discussion: In addition, due to the 250-bp-length limitation of the standard GS-FLX chemistry, the relevant NA-resistant substitutions,
rtI233V and
rtN236T linked to ADV treatment failure, and
rtM250I/V linked to ETV failure, located outside the B and C HBV
RT functional domains, were excluded from the fragment analyzed.