Article
Barraquer-Simons Syndrome.
The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Sept 2016
Small Juan E, Jassam Yasir N, Small Kirstin M, Chea Pauley, Popov Veljko, Li Sui, Srinivasan Jayashri
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Barraquer-Simons syndrome (BSS) is a rare acquired lipodystrophy characterized by gradually symmetric subcutaneous fat loss in a craniocaudal distribution, associated with hypocomplementemia, diabetes and hypertriglyceridemia. Few investigators have studied body fat distribution with cross-sectional imaging techniques. METHODS: We present 2 cases of BSS with emphasis on phenotypic analysis through...
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