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Description of an AGPAT2 pathologic allelic variant in a 54-year-old Caucasian woman with Berardinelli-Seip syndrome.
Acta diabetologica - 1 Sept 2011
Pelosini Caterina, Martinelli Silvia, Bagattini Brunella, Pucci Enrico, Fierabracci Paola, Scartabelli Giovanna, Salvetti Guido, Vitti Paolo, Maffei Margherita, Pinchera Aldo, Santini Ferruccio
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A 54-year-old Italian female patient was admitted to our Department with the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes poorly controlled with insulin therapy. The patient was born by consanguineous parents (first degree cousins); she had acromegaloid features, diffuse lipoatrophy and muscular pseudo-hypertrophy since childhood. To confirm the clinical hypothesis of congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) or...
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