Open AccessNatural History of Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy: A Nationwide Study From Turkey
Author(s) -
Barış Akıncı,
Hüseyin Önay,
Tevfik Demir,
Samim Özen,
Hülya Kayserili,
Gülçin Akıncı,
Banu Nur,
Beyhan Tüysüz,
Mehmet Nuri Özbek,
Âdem Güngör,
Ilgın Yıldırım Şimşir,
Canan Altay,
Leyla Demir,
Enver Şimşek,
Murat Atmaca,
Haluk Topaloğlu,
Habib Bilen,
Hulusi Atmaca,
Tahir Atik,
Ümit Çavdar,
Umut Altunoğlu,
Ayça Aslanger,
Ercan Mıhçı,
Mustafa Seçil,
Füsun Saygılı,
Abdurrahman Çömlekçi,
Abhimanyu Garg
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism/journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-1005
Subject(s) - lipodystrophy , context (archaeology) , compound heterozygosity , adiponectin , medicine , adipose tissue , endocrinology , insulin resistance , genotype , gastroenterology , biology , mutation , gene , obesity , genetics , paleontology , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , virus
Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by near-total lack of body fat.