Vol. 36 (7) 2015 Neuro endocrinology letters

Acquired generalized lipodystrophy in a young lean Chinese girl. Case Report.

: Lipodystrophies is a really rare group of diseases characterized by altered body fat amount and/or repartition and serious insulin resistance.We reported a lean Chinese girl with acquired generalized lipodystrophy, who had a long history of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus (DM) despite with extremely high dose insulin (6 u/kg/d) .....