Lipoatrophic diabetes explained

Lipoatrophic diabetes
Field:	Endocrinology

Lipoatrophic diabetes is a type of diabetes mellitus presenting with severe lipodystrophy in addition to the traditional signs of diabetes.

See also

• Familial partial lipodystrophy
• Congenital generalized lipodystrophy

External links

• Iglesias P, Alvarez Fidalgo P, Codoceo R, Díez J . Lipoatrophic diabetes in an elderly woman: clinical course and serum adipocytokine concentrations. . Endocr J . 51 . 3 . 279–86 . 2004 . 15256772 . 10.1507/endocrj.51.279. free .
• Morse A, Whitaker M . Successful pregnancy in a woman with lipoatrophic diabetes mellitus. A case report. . J Reprod Med . 45 . 10 . 850–2 . 2000 . 11077638.
• Meyer L, Hadjadj S, Guerci B, Delbachian I, Ziegler O, Drouin P . Lipoatrophic diabetes mellitus treated by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. . Diabetes Metab . 24 . 6 . 544–6 . 1998 . 9932222.