Compound heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia in a child: Successfully treated by liver transplant from heterozygous living donor

• Main Authors: Gaurav Chaubal (Author), Amith Kumar Pakkala (Author), Aditya J Nanavati (Author), Hunaid Hatimi (Author), Rajeev Sinha (Author), Lalit Verma (Author), Harshit Chaksota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), mostly inherited as an autosomal dominant disease, is characterized by decreased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) clearance from the plasma, due to mutation in the LDL receptor (LDL-R). Untreated or treatment resistant cases can have acceler...