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Combination of apolipoprotein E2 and lipoprotein lipase heterozygosity causes severe hypertriglyceridemia during pregnancy.
Diabetes & metabolism - 1 Jun 2005
Hiéronimus S, Benlian P, Bayer P, Bongain A, Fredenrich A
Abstract excerpt
Pregnancy is a physiological condition where plasma triglyceride levels are moderately increased. This results from raised synthesis of very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) in response to elevated estrogen levels. The occurrence of marked hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is rare and may result from combination of heterozygote mutation in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene and apolipoprotein E2 isoform, as reported in...
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