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A case of severe acquired hypertriglyceridemia in a 7-year-old girl.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Lilley Jessica S, Linton MacRae F, Kelley Jennifer C, Graham T Brent, Fazio Sergio, Tavori Hagai
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of severe type I hyperlipoproteinemia caused by autoimmunity against lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in the context of presymptomatic Sjögren's syndrome. A 7-year-old mixed race (Caucasian/African American) girl was admitted to the intensive care unit at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital with acute pancreatitis and shock. She was previously healthy aside from asthma and history of Hashimoto's thyroiditis....
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