Liver transplantation in children with glycogen storage disease: Controversies and evaluation of the risk/benefit of this procedure
: GSD‐I, III, and IV are congenital disorders of glycogen metabolism that are commonly associated with severe liver disease. Liver transplantation has been proposed as a therapy for these disorders. While liver transplantation corrects the primary hepatic enzyme defect, the extrahepatic manifestati...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Pediatric transplantation 2008-03, Vol.12 (2), p.137-145 |
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Zusammenfassung: | : GSD‐I, III, and IV are congenital disorders of glycogen metabolism that are commonly associated with severe liver disease. Liver transplantation has been proposed as a therapy for these disorders. While liver transplantation corrects the primary hepatic enzyme defect, the extrahepatic manifestations of GSD often complicate post‐transplantation management. Upon review of the English‐language literature, 42 children |
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ISSN: | 1397-3142 1399-3046 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00803.x |