Lipodystrophy, Acquired Partial: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

Barraquer-Simons syndrome, Barraquer disease, Simons disease, cephalothoracic lipodystrophy, acquired partial lipodystrophy, fat loss, fat hypertrophy, adipocyte lysis, lipohypertrophy, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, dermatomyositis, hypothyroidism, pernicious anemia, PA, celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, rheumatoid arthritis, RA, temporal arteritis, leukocytoclastic vasculitis, complement anomaly, complement abnormality, autoimmune process, autoimmune disease

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