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Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis with Subcutaneous Insulin: Case Report

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ye Hospital, Anyang, South Korea

    Jeonghun Lee

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyungheedae-ro 23, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea

    Youngsun Kim

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Lee, J., Kim, Y. Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Acute Pancreatitis with Subcutaneous Insulin: Case Report. Clin Drug Investig 40, 671–674 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40261-020-00928-0

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