Idiopathic Hypertriglyceridemia in Thalassemia Major: A Case Report
Journal Title: National Journal of Laboratory Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Thalassemia major is a severe hereditary haemolytic anaemia and is usually associated with normal serum lipid profile. But there are few reports in literature that hypertriglyceridemia can have an idiopathic association with β-thalassemia major. We report a case of hypertriglyceridemia associated with β-thalassemia major, in a seven month old female baby
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Bhavya P Mohan, Prabhalekshmy KK, Letha V, Nisha T
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- DOI 10.7860/NJLM/2017/22392:2193
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