Liver transplantation as a treatment option for three siblings with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

Küçükkartallar T., Yankol Y., Kanmaz T., TOPALOĞLU S., Acarlı K., Kalayoğlu M.

PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION, cilt.15, sa.3, ss.281-284, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01469.x
  • Dergi Adı: PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.281-284
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

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.