Envolvimento cardíaco na lipodistrofia total generalizada (síndrome de Berardinelli-Seip) / Cardiac involvement in total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli- Seip syndrome)
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 75(3): 243-8, set. 2000. ilus
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in Pt, En
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ABSTRACT
Total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli--Seip Syndrome) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus and a small quantity of adipose tissue and is of unknown origin. Common cardiovascular alterations related to this syndrome are cardiac hypertrophy and arterial hypertension. This article reports a case of Berardinelli--Seip syndrome and reviews the literature with special emphasis on the cardiovascular manifestations of this syndrome.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Cardiac Output, Low
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Cardiomegaly
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Hypertension
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Lipodystrophy
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2000
Type:
Article