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Etiology and risk of lactescent plasma and severe hypertriglyceridemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Tremblay Karine, Méthot Julie, Brisson Diane, Gaudet Daniel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Plasma lactescence is a clinical sign of severe hypertriglyceridemia (hyperTG; TG >10 mmol/L), which is likely to be observed more frequently in the next decades because of the growing prevalence of obesity and diabetes worldwide. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to describe the clinical expression of plasma lactescence. METHODS: A total of 354 subjects with lactescent plasma hyperTG (mean...
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