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Premature atherosclerosis in a Japanese diabetic patient with atypical familial partial lipodystrophy and hypertriglyceridemia.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2012
Iwanishi Masanori, Ebihara Ken, Kusakabe Toru, Harada Shinji, Ito-Kobayashi Jun, Tsuji Atsushi, Hosoda Kiminori, Nakao Kazuwa
Abstract excerpt
We herein report a case of premature atherosclerosis in a patient with familial partial lipodystrophy (FPL), diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia. Sequencing of the candidate genes LMNA, PPARG and CAV1 associated with FPL revealed no genetic abnormalities, which indicated the activity of a novel gene in this patient. The patient's son showed milder fat loss and similar fat distribution...
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