Article
Treatment of refractory familial hypercholesterolemia by low-density lipoprotein apheresis using an automated dextran sulfate cellulose adsorption system. The Liposorber Study Group.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Oct 1992
Gordon B R, Kelsey S F, Bilheimer D W, Brown D C, Dau P C, Gotto A M, Illingworth D R, Jones P H, Leitman S F, Prihoda J S
Abstract excerpt
A subgroup of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) respond inadequately to standard diet and drug therapy, and are therefore at high risk for the premature development or progression of coronary artery disease. This study evaluated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and lipopro...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Component Removal
- Cellulose
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Dextran Sulfate
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Lipoproteins, LDL
- Male
- Plasmapheresis