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Type 1 hyperlipoproteinemia in a child with large homozygous deletion encompassing GPIHBP1.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Patni Nivedita, Brothers Julie, Xing Chao, Garg Abhimanyu
Abstract excerpt
Type I hyperlipoproteinemia (T1HLP) usually presents with extreme hypertriglyceridemia, recurrent episodes of acute pancreatitis, lipemia retinalis, and cutaneous eruptive xanthomas. We report a unique 10-year-old male of Indian origin who presented in neonatal period with transient obstructive jaundice and xanthomas in the pancreas and kidneys. Serum triglycerides stabilized with extremely low-fat diet although...
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