Is Liver Transplantation Alone an Effective Treatment for Homozygotic Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Children?

Hatice Yılmaz Dağlı Reha Artan Dudu Duygu Civan Nurel Inan Aydemir Aygen Yilmaz

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2024)

LT in the treatment of HoFH did not help our patients reach the target LDL-cholesterol level after transplantation and did not prevent the development of cardiovascular disease. Therefore, LT alone is not curative in the treatment of HoFH.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
end stage renal disease
young adults
stem cells
prognostic factors
ejection fraction
bone marrow
peritoneal dialysis
rectal cancer
smoking cessation