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SUBMITTER: Perito ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426259 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Perito E R ER Mohammad S S Rosenthal P P Alonso E M EM Ekong U D UD Lobritto S J SJ Feng S S
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20150203 3
Posttransplant metabolic syndrome (PTMS)-obesity, hypertension, elevated triglycerides, low HDL and glucose intolerance-is a major contributor to morbidity after adult liver transplant. This analysis of the Withdrawal of Immunosuppression in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients (WISP-R) pilot trial is the first prospective study of PTMS after pediatric liver transplant. Twenty children were enrolled in WISP-R, at median age 8.5 years (IQR 6.4-10.8), and weaned from calcineurin-inhibitor monothe ...[more]