Post-mortem findings in familial partial lipodystrophy, Dunnigan variety

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1022-1025

  Haque, W A ^a   Vuitch, F ^a   Garg, Abhimanyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial; Islet amyloidosis; Lamin A C; Lipodystrophy; Polycystic ovaries

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; AXILLA; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY FAT; BRAIN INFECTION; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILIAL PARTIAL LIPODYSTROPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREATITIS; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PEDIGREE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RETROPERITONEUM; SUDDEN DEATH; TEMPORAL LOBE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FATALITY; GENETICS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPODYSTROPHY; PATHOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIPODYSTROPHY;

EID: 1842848578     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2002.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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