title: Liver transplantation as a treatment option for three siblings with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organ Transplantation, Istanbul Memorial Hospital, Okmeydani, Istanbul. tevfikkk75@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tevfik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Küçükkartallar
authors.forename: Yucel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yankol
authors.forename: Turan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanmaz
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Topaloğlu
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Acarli
authors.forename: Munci
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalayoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008055:Lipids; D002784:Cholesterol