MCAT Style Quiz Question 11.1

A young child was admitted to a hospital emergency room several hours after consuming a meal containing large amounts of fat. A sample of her blood was found to have extremely high levels of triacylglycerols in the form of chylomicrons suggesting an undiagnosed metabolic disease. What is the most likely enzyme defect she could have?

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