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Severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with teriflunomide in a patient with multiple sclerosis: A case report.

Carlos Rodrigo Cámara-LemarroyJoaquín CastillóJaume Sastre-GarrigaMar TintoreXavier Montalban
Published in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2018)
We describe the first probable case of teriflunomide-associated severe hypertriglyceridemia in a patient with multiple sclerosis, an adverse event previously associated with leflunomide in patients with rheumatologic diseases. Clinicians should be aware of this rare but potentially dangerous adverse event.
Keyphrases
  • multiple sclerosis
  • case report
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