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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Successful Liver Transplantation in Two Polish Brothers with Transaldolase Deficiency.

Marek Stefanowicz, Maria Janowska, Joanna Pawłowska, Anna Tylki-Szymańska, Adam Kowalski, Marek Szymczak, Piotr Kaliciński, Irena Jankowska

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients With Transaldolase Deficiency.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marek StefanowiczDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Maria JanowskaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Joanna PawłowskaERN Transplant Child, 28020 Madrid, Spain.
Anna Tylki-SzymańskaDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Adam KowalskiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Marek SzymczakDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Piotr KalicińskiDepartment of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0555-2229
Irena JankowskaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland.
Children's Memorial Health Institute · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transaldolase deficiency (TALDO; OMIM 606003) is a rare inborn autosomal-recessive error of the pentose phosphate pathway. It is an early-onset multisystem disease with dysmorphic features, anaemia, coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, tubulopathy, hepatosplenomegaly and end-stage liver disease. We present a case of two Polish brothers, born to consanguineous parents, with early-onset TALDO. The dominant feature of disease was an early severe liver injury, with subsequent renal tubulopathy. Nodular liver fibrosis developed in the course of the underlying disease. The older brother presented stable liver function, however, he was qualified for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) because of a liver tumour and suspicion of hepatocarcinoma. The boy was transplanted at the age of 14. The younger brother was qualified for DDLT due to end-stage liver disease and transplanted at the age of 11. Currently, both our patients are alive and in a good condition with normal graft function 23 and 20 months after DDLT respectively. Liver transplantation can be a therapeutic option in TALDO and should be considered in patients with coexisting severe chronic and end-stage liver disease. Long term follow-up is necessary to assess the impact of liver transplantation for quality of life, survival time and the course of the disease.

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liver transplantationTALDOtransaldolase deficiency

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PMID34572178
PMCPMC8469686
OpenAlexW3197265543

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