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Pregnancy in a homozygous familial hypercholesterolemic patient treated with long-term plasma exchange

Y Beigel1, M Hod, J Fuchs

  • 1Lipid Unit, Beilinson Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Petah Tiqua, Israel.

We describe the first pregnancy in a homozygous familial hypercholesterolemic woman who started plasma exchange therapy 3 years before she became pregnant. We especially studied the effects of plasma exchange on lipid profile, uteroplacental circulation, and pregnancy course.

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