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Recurrent familial hypobetalipoproteinemia-induced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after living donor liver transplantation.
Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society - 1 Jul 2009
Harada Noboru, Soejima Yuji, Taketomi Akinobu, Yoshizumi Tomoharu, Uchiyama Hideaki, Ikegami Toru, Saibara Toshiharu, Nishizaki Takashi, Maehara Yoshihiko
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) is one of the causes of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and a codominant disorder. Patients heterozygous for FHBL may be asymptomatic, although they demonstrate low plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and apolipoprotein B. Here we report a nonobese 54-year-old man with decompensated liver cirrhosis who underwent living donor liver transplantation...
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