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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations.

A healthy 45-year-old man is found on routine screening to have hypertriglyceridemia. He is a nonsmoker, has a reasonable diet, consumes one alcoholic drink per week, and exercises regularly. He takes no medications. His father died at the age of 55 years in an automobile accident; his mother is healthy at 67 years of age, and he has two healthy older brothers. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Clinical Problem

Strategies and Evidence

Evaluation

Management

            Lifestyle Modification

            Medication

            Treatment in Patients with Diabetes

Areas of Uncertainty

Guidelines

Conclusions and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Department of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, and the Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories, University of Washington, Seattle.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Brunzell at brunzell@u.washington.edu.

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Hypertriglyceridemia
Oh R., Malani A., Ammar H., Mughal S., Brunzell J. D.
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N Engl J Med 2008; 358:310-311, Jan 17, 2008. Correspondence

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