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Novel PPARG mutation in multiple family members with chylomicronemia.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Glodowski Michele, Christen Shannon, Saxon David R, Hegele Robert A, Eckel Robert H
Abstract excerpt
Chylomicronemia is characterized by severe hypertriglyceridemia when chylomicrons persist in plasma despite a fasting state. The recessive monogenic form is due to homozygous or compound heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the LPL gene or genes involved in the assembly, transport, or function of LPL, including APOC2, APOA5, GP1HBP1, and LMF1. The multifactorial form of chylomicronemia is due to both common...
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