Abstract:Background: Familial partial lipodystrophy (FPLD 2 or Dunnigan lipodystrophy [DL]) is a rare disorder associated severe insulin resistance, elevated triglycerides (TG), and low serum HDL cholesterol. Proteinuric renal disease is a prevalent feature of generalized lipodystrophy, usually secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. Case series reported that metreleptin have shown to improve proteinuria in patients with generalized lipodystrophy. Here we rep… Show more
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