An unusual case of severe hypertriglyceridemia and splenomegaly.
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Robarts Research Institute and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; Adult Metabolic Disease Clinic, Department of Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, UBC, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. *Address correspondence to this author at: Robarts Research Institute, 406-100 Perth Drive, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5K8. Fax: +1 519 663 3037; e-mail [email protected].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 54 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008