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Localization of the gene for familial partial lipodystrophy (Dunnigan variety) to chromosome 1q21-22.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 1998
Peters J M, Barnes R, Bennett L, Gitomer W M, Bowcock A M, Garg A
Abstract excerpt
Obesity is strongly implicated in the pathophysiology of insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidemia. The mechanisms, however, by which obesity causes these complications are not known. The study of single-gene disorders affecting adipose tissue may elucidate some of the mechanisms involved in these processes. Familial partial lipodystrophy, Dunnigan variety, (FPLD, OMIM 308980) is an...
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