Lipodystrophy is a group of genetic or acquired disorders in which the body cannot properly produce or maintain healthy fat tissue, commonly accompanied by insulin resistance, high triglycerides, fatty liver disease, and other metabolic complications. Congenital forms are extremely rare, affecting roughly one person in a million, while acquired forms are more common and are particularly associated with HIV treatment or repeated insulin injections; severe cases carry an average lifespan of around 30 years, usually ending in liver failure.
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ICD-10 ChapterIV: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
2. World Health Organization: Noncommunicable diseases (fact sheet)
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The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
3. Wikipedia: Lipodystrophy
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Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of genetic or acquired disorders in which the body is unable to produce and maintain healthy fat tissue.
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The medical condition is characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
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