From Toronto, at the 82nd annual meeting of the Endocrine Society
A gene linked to a form of muscular dystrophy also causes a disease that deposits fat unevenly after puberty. In people with Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy, fat melts from arms, legs, and buttocks while depositing in the head, neck, and abdomen.
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