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What Seemed Like Heart Disease Turned Out to Be a Rare Genetic Lipid Disorder

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Doctors at Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children saved the life of a two-and-a-half-month-old baby girl after diagnosing and treating Familial Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency (LPLD), an extremely rare inherited disorder that affects nearly 1 in 1 million people. Initially referred with suspected congenital heart disease, the infant was found to have dangerously high triglyceride levels…