Article
Peculiar distribution of adipose tissue in patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy.
1 Aug 1992
Abstract excerpt
Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare genetic disease with extreme paucity of fat from birth which is believed to be generalized, involving the whole body. Affected patients are characterized by severe insulin resistance. Sites of adipose tissue distribution in patients with CGL have not been studied systematically. Therefore, the fat distribution in three women (17-20 yr old) with CGL was...
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