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Transient infantile hypertriglyceridaemia due to homozygous mutation in GPD1 presenting in childhood with hepatic adenoma.
BMJ case reports - 1 Apr 2022
Kumar Karunesh, Malhotra Smita, Sibal Anupam
Abstract excerpt
Hypertriglyceridaemia in infancy is usually secondary to underlying metabolic disorder which usually has a genetic basis unlike the adult population. One such recently described entity is transient infantile hypertriglyceridaemia (HTGTI). In this disorder, mutation in glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) dehydrogenase gene leads to deficiency of G3P dehydrogenase resulting in hypertriglyceridaemia and hepatomegaly....
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