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The frequency and severity of capecitabine-induced hypertriglyceridaemia in routine clinical practice: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Capecitabine is known to rarely cause raised serum triglycerides (TG). In our centre, several patients receiving capecitabine developed raised TG levels corresponding to the ‘very high risk’ category for potentially serious acute pancreatitis. METHODS: A fasting blood lipid screening pro...

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Autores principales: Michie, C O, Sakala, M, Rivans, I, Strachan, M W J, Clive, S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20664584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6605807