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The Genetic Basis of Hypertriglyceridemia.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 19 Jun 2021
Carrasquilla Germán D, Christiansen Malene Revsbech, Kilpeläinen Tuomas O
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Hypertriglyceridemia is a common dyslipidemia associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and pancreatitis. Severe hypertriglyceridemia may sometimes be a monogenic condition. However, in the vast majority of patients, hypertriglyceridemia is due to the cumulative effect of multiple genetic risk variants along with lifestyle factors, medications, and disease conditions that...
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