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Therapeutic Plasmapheresis: A Treatment Modality in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia in Adolescence

Severe hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG) is defined as plasma triglycerides >1000 mg/dl. It is a rare and understudied condition in children and adolescents. SHTG in pediatric patients may occur as a result of certain genetic disorders of enzymes involved in triglyceride synthesis and metabolism, or it...

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Autores principales: Afzal, Nayab, Kausar, Shamim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8454459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34567882
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17341