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Liver transplantation as a treatment option for three siblings with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 May 2011
Küçükkartallar Tevfik, Yankol Yucel, Kanmaz Turan, Topaloğlu Serdar, Acarli Koray, Kalayoglu Munci
Abstract excerpt
FH is a hereditary inherited disorder of cholesterol metabolism. Homozygous form of the disease associates severe form of atherosclerotic disease. Clinicians have been tried to inhibit the progression of the homozygous FH with medical and surgical treatment. We here present three siblings with homozygous FH who were successfully treated with liver transplantation.
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