- ►shouxi.net A Garg - The New England journal of medicine, 2004 - nejm.org Lipodystrophies are clinically heterogeneous acquired or inherited disorders
characterized by the selective loss of adipose tissue. Affected patients are
predisposed to insulin resistance and its attendant complications, ... Cited by 249 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
A Garg, A Misra - Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, 2004 - Elsevier The metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance syndrome is defined in relationship
to generalized or regional adiposity. The criteria for definition of
“metabolic syndrome” include measures of obesity, such as waist ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JR Greenfield, LV Campbell - Clinics in dermatology, 2004 - Elsevier Obesity, particularly central obesity, is associated with insulin resistance.
Much research has focused on mechanisms that link obesity to insulin resistance,
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- ►jlr.org RA Hegele, TR Joy, SA Al-Attar, BK Rutt - The Journal of Lipid Research, 2007 - ASBMB The lipodystrophies are characterized by loss of adipose tissue in some
anatomical sites, frequently with fat accumulation in nonatrophic depots and
ectopic sites such as liver and muscle. Molecularly characterized forms ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 7 versions
M Terán-García, C Bouchard - Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 2007 - article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca Abstract: The concept of a metabolic syndrome (MetS), a cluster of pre-clinical
metabolic alterations commonly associ- ated with obesity, is the object of much
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- ►oxfordjournals.org L Fardet, J Cabane, A Kettaneh, C Lebbe, A … - Rheumatology, 2007 - Br Soc Rheumatology Methods. We conducted a prospective study in two French tertiary centres and
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- ►uva.nl [PDF] H Monajemi, E Stroes, RA Hegele, E Fliers - CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY-OXFORD-, 2007 - phx1.medscape.com Lipodystrophies represent a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by an
abnormal subcutaneous fat distribution, the extent of which can vary from
localized, to partial, to generalized lipoatrophy. Whereas partial and ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
A Garg, AK Agarwal - BBA-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 2009 - Elsevier The adipocytes synthesize and store triglycerides as lipid droplets surrounded
by various proteins and phospholipids at its surface. Recently, the molecular
basis of some of the genetic syndromes of lipodystrophies has been ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 2 versions
AB Jenkins, LV Campbell - Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2004 - Springer Summary: Type II diabetes is a common, complex and heterogeneous group of
disorders of growing public health concern. Paradoxically, rare monogenic forms
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GG Sleilati, T Leff, JW Bonnett, RA Hegele - Endocrine Practice, 2007 - AACE Partial lipodystrophies are a group of rare disorders that can be either
inherited, such as familial partial lipodystrophy subtypes 2 (FPLD2; Mendelian
Inheritance in Man [MIM] 151660) and 3 (FPLD3; MIM 604367), or acquired, ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
