Is hypertriglyceridaemia a new concept for visceral leishmaniasis? [3]

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 369-

  Erdeve, Omer ^a   Dallar, Yildaz ^a   Siklar, Zeynep ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LIVER TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LETTER; MALE; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL;

EID: 11044237157     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532804X10862     Document Type: Letter

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