Familial hypercholesterolaemia with severe cardiac involvement in a boy: Successful management and mid-term follow-up

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 254-257

  Pfammatter, J P ^a,c   Stocker, F P ^a   Oetliker, O ^b   Wiesmann, U ^b   Meier, B ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Hypercholesterolaemia; Low density lipoprotein apheresis; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Indexed keywords

COLESTYRAMINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; SIMVASTATIN;

ADOLESCENT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0030019971     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1996.tb14006.x     Document Type: Article

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