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Nephrol Dial Transplant (2001) 16: 1930-1931
© 2001 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Case Reports

Acute pancreatitis in a patient with partial lipodystrophy and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Mehmet Bülbül1,, Özlem Erdogan1, Gülay Demircin1, Buket Altuntas2, Leyla Memis2 and Ayse Öner1

1 Dr Sami Ulus Children's Hospital and 2 Gazi University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Keywords: acute pancreatitis; membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; partial lipodystrophy



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Partial lipodystrophy (PLD) is a rare, inherited condition, characterized by progressive loss of subcutaneous fat from the face, upper limb and trunk [1,2]. The PLD locus has been mapped to chromosome 1q with no evidence of genetic heterogeneity [3]. The onset is usually in early childhood, is often acute in nature, and sometimes follows a viral infection such as measles and varicella. The association of PLD with C3 nephritic factor (C3NeF), hypocomplementaemia, and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) has been known for . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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