Liver transplantation as treatment for familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia: Too early or too late

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-125

  Malatack, James Jeffrey ^a,b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Diagnostic Referral Division and Medical   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; FAMILIAL HOMOZYGOUS HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951667867     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01458.x     Document Type: Review

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