Incidence of pancreatitis, secondary causes, and treatment of patients referred to a specialty lipid clinic with severe hypertriglyceridemia: a retrospective cohort study

Incidence of pancreatitis, secondary causes, and treatment of patients referred to a specialty lipid clinic with severe hypertriglyceridemia: a retrospective cohort study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is one cause of acute pancreatitis, yet the level of plasma triglycerides likely to be responsible for inducing pancreatitis has not been clearly defined.</p> <p>Methods and Results</p...

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Main Authors: Francis Gordon A, Frohlich Jiri, Taraboanta Catalin, Al-Sarraf Ahmad, Sandhu Supna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Subjects:
Hypertriglyceridemia
triglycerides
pancreatitis
dysglycemia
diabetes
fibrates
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/10/1/157

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