Successful domino liver transplantation in maple syrup urine disease using a related living donor

Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an autosomal recessive disease associated with high levels of branched-chain amino acids. Children with MSUD can present severe neurological damage, but liver transplantation (LT) allows the patient to resume a normal diet and avoid further neurological damage. Th...

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Main Authors: Feier, F.H., Miura, I.K., Fonseca, E.A., Porta, G., Pugliese, R., Porta, A., Schwartz, I.V.D., Margutti, A.V.B., Camelo, J.S., Yamaguchi, S.N., Taveira, A.T., Candido, H., Benavides, M., Danesi, V., Guimaraes, T., Kondo, M., Chapchap, P., Seda, J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086180/