Dramatic atherosclerotic vascular burden in a patient with familial lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1074-

  Scarpioni, Roberto ^a   Paties, Carlo ^a   Bergonzi, Giorgio ^a  

^a GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLAUDICATION; CORNEA OPACITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LECITHIN CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; STENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; KIDNEY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LECITHIN ACYLTRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY; LIPIDS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42449098999     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm760     Document Type: Letter

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