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Successful management of acute pancreatitis due to apolipoprotein C-II deficiency in a 37-day-old infant.
Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] - 1 Jun 2020
Yıldız Yılmaz, Uysal Yazıcı Mutlu, Çınar Hasibe Gökçe, Özbay Hoşnut Ferda, Kurt Çolak Fatma, Kılıç Mustafa
Abstract excerpt
Familial chylomicronemia is caused by deficiency of lipoprotein lipase or its co-activators. Here, we report an infant with apolipoprotein C-II (APOC2) deficiency, who developed acute pancreatitis 37 days after birth. He presented as abdominal sepsis with fever, irritability and abdominal distention. Amylase levels were low, but lipase levels and imaging findings were consistent with acute pancreatitis. He had...
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