Severe hypertriglyceridemia in a newborn with monogenic lipoprotein lipase deficiency: An unconventional therapeutic approach with exchange transfusion

JIMD Reports

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-64

  Pugni, Lorenza ^a   Riva, Enrica ^a   Pietrasanta, Carlo ^a   Rabacchi, Claudio ^c   Bertolini, Stefano ^b   Pederiva, Cristina ^a   Mosca, Fabio ^a   Calandra, Sebastiano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Exchange transfusion; Neonatal intensive care unit; Plasma triglyceride level; Single nucleotide deletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911887893     PISSN: 21928304     EISSN: 21928312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/8904_2013_272     Document Type: Chapter

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