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Adipokines and the insulin resistance syndrome in familial partial lipodystrophy caused by a mutation in lamin A/C.
Diabetologia - 1 Dec 2005
Wong S P Y, Huda M, English P, Bargiota A, Wilding J P H, Johnson A, Corrall R, Pinkney J H
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD) and obesity are both associated with increased risks of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Although adipokines have been implicated, few data exist in subjects with FPLD; therefore we investigated a family with FPLD due to a lamin A/C mutation in order to determine how abnormalities of the plasma adipokine profile relate to insulin resistance and the...
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