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Treatment of primary hypertriglyceridemia states--General approach and the role of extracorporeal methods.
Atherosclerosis. Supplements - 1 May 2015
Stefanutti Claudia, Julius Ulrich
Abstract excerpt
Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a common metabolic disorder in which the concentration of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and of chylomicrons (CMs) is elevated in the plasma. HTG may be caused by primary and/or secondary causes and affected subjects may express HTG when children or in adulthood. In children and adults a genetic cause may underlie HTG which can be expressed as CMs a severe clinical picture...
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