lipodystrophy

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lipodystrophy

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Atrophy of fatty tissue
Localized atrophy of adipose tissue—lipodystrophy—may be the result of injury to the local area; e.g., repeated insulin injections cause atrophy of fatty tissue at the site of the injections. Progressive lipodystrophy is a disease of unknown cause in which the fatty tissue atrophies only in certain regions of the…
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Localized atrophy of adipose tissue—lipodystrophy—may be the result of injury to the local area; e.g., repeated insulin injections cause atrophy of fatty tissue at the site of the injections. Progressive lipodystrophy is a disease of unknown cause in which the fatty tissue atrophies only in certain regions of the…
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