Step I Hyperchylomicronemia question

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In Hyperchylomicronemia, if apoC II deficiency or the LPL defect causes this disease how come we only see an increase in chylomicrons but not VLDLs? I thought that VLDLs also needs apoC to be cleaved by LPL.
 
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