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Lipodystrophy following hepatitis infection: A causative relationship?

Publication Type : Case Reports

Publisher : Wiley

Source : Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Url : https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00469.x

Campus : Faridabad

School : School of Medicine

Department : Dermatology

Year : 2004

Abstract : ABSTRACTProgressive partial lipodystrophy is a clinical syndrome characterized by progressive loss of subcutaneous fat. A 27‐year‐old female developed progressive loss of fat from the face and upper part of the torso associated with increased bulkiness of the body below the pelvis following an attack of hepatitis. She had been persistently hepatitis B surface antigen positive and her serum was positive for IgG antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen. Although the woman had hypocomplementaemia of the C3 component of complement, there was no evidence of renal involvement.

Cite this Research Publication : N Khanna, C Sirka, S Gupta, M Singh, Lipodystrophy following hepatitis infection: A causative relationship?, Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, Wiley, 2004, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00469.x

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