Lipoprotein lipase deficiency: clinical, biochemical and molecular characteristics in three patients with novel mutations in the LPL gene.

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Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) deficiency, caused by mutations in the LPL gene, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder manifesting in early childhood with recurrent abdominal pain, hepatosplenomegaly, acute pancreatitis, lipaemia retinalis and eruptive xanthomas. Typical laboratory findings are lactescent serum, extreme hypertriglyceridaemia and hypercholesterolaemia. The diagnostics is based on postheparin serum LPL...

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