Liver Transplantation in Alstrom Syndrome: A Case Report.

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Alstrom syndrome is a genetic disorder with autosomal recessive inheritance and multiple organ failure. Hearing loss, childhood obesity, diabetes mellitus, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are common disorders in this disease. Degree of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ranges from benign steatosis to cirrhosis. Since it first description in 1959, 89 cases have been reported, and none in the literature...

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• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Liver Cirrhosis
• Liver Transplantation
• Treatment Outcome
• Young Adult