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Efficacy of leptin therapy in the different forms of human lipodystrophy.
Diabetologia - 1 Jan 2010
Chong A Y, Lupsa B C, Cochran E K, Gorden P
Abstract excerpt
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Lipodystrophy is a rare disorder characterised by loss of adipose tissue, hypoleptinaemia, severe insulin resistance, diabetes and dyslipidaemia. The aims of this study were to determine whether leptin replacement in lipodystrophy patients ameliorates their metabolic abnormalities over an extended period of time and whether leptin therapy is effective in the different forms of lipodystrophy....
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