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IN the course of routine withdrawal of blood samples from guinea pigs treated with the anticholinesterase sarin (isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate) it was noticed that samples taken from some animals were milky in appearance. This visible hyperlipæmia was found to be more prevalent in the female, and this communication describes the experiments which led to this finding.
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FUKUYAMA, G., ADIE, P. & HUGHES, E. Increased Concentrations of Blood Lipids in Guinea Pigs poisoned by Sarin. Nature 200, 897–898 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/200897a0
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