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Summary:A case of severe hypertriglyceridaemia presenting in the third trimester of pregnancy in a woman on long-term heparin prophylaxis is described. The hypertriglyceridaemia was attributed to impaired clearance oftriglyceride-rich lipoprotein particles secondary to heparin-induced reduction in the activity of the lipolytic enzyme, lipoprotein lipase.

Plasma Lp(a) is a strong and independent correlate of the extent of angiographic CAD in symptomatic patients with NIDDM.

Medical Research Society 19rin affected sibling pairs provided evidence for linkage with 12 markers in 5 distinct regions of chromosomes 2, 3, 7, 12 and 15 (p

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