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Hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis in a patient with apolipoprotein E7 (p.[E244K; E245K])/E4.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 25 Sept 2014
Arai Makoto, Nishimura Akihiro, Mori Yasumichi, Ebara Tetsu, Okubo Minoru
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The etiology of hypertriglyceridemia is complex and one of the common variants in affecting plasma lipid levels is apolipoprotein (apo) E isoform. Scores of apo E variants have been reported, including apo E7. However, a clinical lipid phenotype of apo E7 has not been fully elucidated. METHODS: A 48-year-old Japanese male had hypertriglyceridemia and a history of repeated episodes of acute...
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