Envolvimento cardíaco na lipodistrofia total generalizada (síndrome de Berardinelli-Seip) / Cardiac involvement in total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli- Seip syndrome)
Viégas, Ruy Felipe Melo; Diniz, Rosiane Viana Zuza; Viégas, Taciana Mara Rezende Fortes; Lira Filho, Edgar Bezerra; Almeida, Dirceu Rodrigues de.
Arq. bras. cardiol
; 75(3): 243-8, set. 2000. ilus
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em Português, Inglês
| LILACS | ID: lil-274145
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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