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Onrampha Chernwipasakul1, Chutintorn Sriphrapradang1
1Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Journal of the Endocrine Society
|December 22, 2017
Abstract:
The existence of multiple small fat droplets on the erythrocytes at peripheral blood smear is a very important characteristic in patients with very severe hypertriglyceridemia.

