familial fat-induced hyperlipemia

familial fat-induced hyperlipemia
persistently elevated blood chylomicrons after ingestion of fat; it is characteristic of disorders with a type I hyperlipoproteinemia phenotype and is sometimes used as a synonym for this phenotype or genetic disorders causing it.

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