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Novel LPL mutations associated with lipoprotein lipase deficiency: two case reports and a literature review.
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology - 1 Mar 2009
Rahalkar Amit R, Giffen Fiona, Har Bryan, Ho Josephine, Morrison Katherine M, Hill John, Wang Jian, Hegele Robert A, Joy Tisha
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Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is a key enzyme involved with hydrolysis and removal of triglycerides from plasma. LPL deficiency is a rare condition with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 106. It is characterized biochemically by elevated triglycerides and lowered HDL in the plasma and clinically by a constellation of signs and symptoms during childhood including failure to thrive, lipemia retinalis, eruptive xanthomas,...
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