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Case Report: Familial partial lipodystrophy, description of novel and ultrarare variants with distinct phenotypic spectrum [PDF]

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by selective loss of subcutaneous fat and severe metabolic complications.
Silvia Magno, Caterina Pelosini, Melania Paoli, Donatella Gilio, Lavinia Palladino, Francesca Menconi, Andrea Barison, Giancarlo Todiere, Simona Ortori, Barbara Coco, Giordano Paolucci, Guido Salvetti, Maria Rita Sessa, Giovanni Ceccarini, Ferruccio Santini   +14 more
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Pathways to improving the awareness, diagnosis and management of lipodystrophy in Brazil: an expert panel discussion [PDF]

Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
Background Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of rare, clinically complex disorders characterized by a partial or generalized lack of adipose tissue. Affected individuals develop severe metabolic comorbidities and frequently display absolute or relative
Josivan Gomes Lima, Cynthia Melissa Valerio, Amélio F. Godoy-Matos, Gerson Carvalho, Joana R. Dantas, João Eduardo Nunes Salles, Fernando Gerchman, Renan Montenegro Jr.   +7 more
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Lipodystrophy in HIV/AIDS patients with different levels of physical activity while on antiretroviral therapy [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011
INTRODUCTION: Lipodystrophy is related to the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and can cause aesthetic stigma and increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
Aline Francielle Mota Segatto, Ismael Forte Freitas Junior, Vanessa Ribeiro dos Santos, Kelly Cristina Pinto Alves, Dulce Aparecida Barbosa, Alexandre Martins Portelinha Filho, Henrique Luiz Monteiro   +6 more
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Leptin in Relation to the Lipodystrophy-Associated Metabolic Syndrome [PDF]

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2012
Leptin, an adipocyte-secreted hormone, regulates energy homeostasis as well as reproductive, neuroendocrine, immune and metabolic functions. Subjects with decreased amounts of fat in their adipose tissue, i.e., lipoatrophy, have low leptin levels. In the
Christos S. Mantzoros
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Case Report: Metreleptin treatment enables successful pregnancy in a female with congenital generalized lipodystrophy [PDF]

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Lipodystrophy is a rare group of conditions characterized by partial or total absence of adipose tissue in the body. The lipodystrophy is either congenital or acquired and is also classified further to either generalized or partial.
Maria Somali, Emmanouil Korakas, Eirini Pizirtzidou, Zoe A. Efstathiadou, Michail Sapranidis, Zadalla Mouslech   +5 more
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Long-term outcome of juvenile dermatomyositis associated with lipodystrophy: experience of a University hospital [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background: Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM) is a rare myopathy. Lipodystrophy is an underreported chronic JDM complication. Objective: Assess the long-term outcome of JDM associated with lipodystrophy.
Igor Kapetanovíc, Mirjana Gajíc-Veljíc, Branka Bonači-Nikolić, Miloš Nikolić   +3 more
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Lipodystrophy : focus on HIV Lipodystrophy [PDF]

, 2017
Lipodystrophy is a rare condition which can be inherited or acquired, localised or generalised. It is characterised by abnormal adipose tissue distribution and in some cases underlying metabolic derangement, including diabetes mellitus ...
Fenech, Manuel, Giordano Imbroll, Miriam, Gruppetta, Mark   +2 more
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Circulating Levels of MiRNAs From 320 Family in Subjects With Lipodystrophy: Disclosing Novel Signatures of the Disease

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022
Lipodystrophy (LD) indicates a group of rare disorders, with generalized or partial loss of white adipose tissue (WAT) often associated with metabolic derangements.
Alessia Dattilo, Alessia Dattilo, Giovanni Ceccarini, Gaia Scabia, Gaia Scabia, Silvia Magno, Lara Quintino, Caterina Pelosini, Guido Salvetti, Roberto Cusano, Matteo Massidda, Lucia Montanelli, Donatella Gilio, Gianluca Gatti, Alessandro Giacomina, Mario Costa, Mario Costa, Ferruccio Santini, Margherita Maffei, Margherita Maffei   +19 more
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Brachioplasty in ex-obese patients: proposed classification [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2023
Introduction: Surgical treatment of morbid obesity has resulted in a greater demand for repairing procedures for sequelae caused by weight loss. Brachioplasty treats excess skin and localized lipodystrophy in the arm and armpit regions.
Rodrigo Pinto Gimenez, Erick Samuel Santos De Mello, Raphaela Silveira Amaral, Tatiani Cerioni Toth   +3 more
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Risk factors for diabetic foot ulcers in metreleptin naïve patients with lipodystrophy

Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, 2021
Aim Patients with lipodystrophy are at high risk for chronic complications of diabetes. Recently, we have reported 18 diabetic foot ulcer episodes in 9 subjects with lipodystrophy.
O Saydam, B Ozgen Saydam, SC Adiyaman, M Sonmez Ince, MA Eren, FE Keskin, H Bilen, M Dagdeviren, S Kaya, G Akinci, A Balci, C Altay, F Bayraktar, EA Oral, B Akinci   +14 more
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