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Identification of homozygous lipoprotein lipase gene mutation in a woman with recurrent aggravation of hypertriglyceridaemia induced by pregnancy.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Apr 1998
Suga S, Tamasawa N, Kinpara I, Murakami H, Kasai N, Onuma T, Ikeda Y, Takagi A, Suda T
Abstract excerpt
We herein report a case of a 40-year-old Japanese woman (patient IT) with a history of recurrent aggravation of hypertriglyceridaemia, pancreatitis and miscarriages in three previous pregnancies. However, strict dietary intervention was applied during a fourth pregnancy. As a result, acute pancreatitis was avoided, and the patient gave birth to a healthy infant. In patient IT, the underlying etiology of the...
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