Erika Bastos Lima Freire, Catarina Brasil d'Alva, Mayara Ponte Madeira, Grayce Ellen da Cruz Paiva Lima, Virginia Oliveira Fernandes, Lindenberg Barbosa Aguiar, Leonardo Barreira Portella, Renan Galvão Ozório, Clarisse Mourão Melo Ponte, Ana Paula Dias Rangel Montenegro, Renan Magalhães Montenegro Junior
INTRODUCTION: Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in genes responsible for the formation and development of adipocytes. Bone abnormalities are described. However, there is a scarcity of data. OBJECTIVE: To describe bone characteristics in a large CGL1 and 2 case series. METHODS: Cross-sectional study that assessed bone radiological features of CGL patients of a reference hospital in Fortaleza (CE), Brazil...
2024: Frontiers in Endocrinology