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SUBMITTER: Freire EBL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8465110 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freire Erika Bastos Lima EBL d'Alva Catarina Brasil CB Madeira Mayara Ponte MP Lima Grayce Ellen da Cruz Paiva GEDCP Montenegro Ana Paula Dias Rangel APDR Fernandes Virginia Oliveira VO Montenegro Junior Renan Magalhães RM Brazilian Group For The Study Of Inherited And Acquired Lipodystrophies Brazlipo
International journal of environmental research and public health 20210915 18
Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare syndrome characterized by the almost total absence of subcutaneous adipose tissue due to the inability of storing lipid in adipocytes. Patients present generalized lack of subcutaneous fat and normal to low weight. They evolve with severe metabolic disorders, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, early cardiac abnormalities, and infectious complications. Although low body weight is a known risk factor for osteoporosis, it has been reported that t ...[more]