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Case Reports
. 2011 Mar 29;104(7):1238-9.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.52. Epub 2011 Mar 8.

Severe hypertriglyceridaemia during treatment with capecitabine

L Javot, D Spaëth, J Scala-Bertola, N Gambier, N Petitpain, P Gillet
Case Reports

Severe hypertriglyceridaemia during treatment with capecitabine

L Javot et al. Br J Cancer. .
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Figure 1
Clinical course of triglyceride (▪) and cholesterol (▴) levels in patients, expressed in mmol l−1.
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