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Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Lipid Metabolism Disorders > Lipodystrophy
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Metabolic > Lipodystrophy
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Skin Diseases, Metabolic > Lipodystrophy

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Lipodystrophy  

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  • A collection of heterogenous conditions resulting from defective LIPID METABOLISM and characterized by ADIPOSE TISSUE atrophy. Often there is redistribution of body fat resulting in peripheral fat wasting and central adiposity. They include generalized, localized, congenital, and acquired lipodystrophy.

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