## Abstract Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a rare cause of premature coronary artery disease. A young boy with this disorder who underwent successful coronary angioplasty for left main stem stenosis is presented. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Chronic pancreatitis with pancreaticolithiasis and pseudocyst in a 5-year-old boy with homozygous SPINK1 mutation
✍ Scribed by Axel C. Kühn; Niels Teich; Karel Caca; Anne Limbach; Wolfgang Hirsch
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 286 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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