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Metabolic correction induced by leptin replacement treatment in young children with Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipoatrophy.
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Abstract
Berardinelli-Seip syndrome is a rare congenital lipoatrophy with a severe prognosis and no efficient therapy. Children present with low leptin levels and severe metabolic complications (insulin resistance, elevated triglyceride levels, and hepatic steatosis). The objective of this study was to test safety and efficacy of recombinant-methionyl-human leptin replacement in children with Berardinelli-Seip syndrome before development of severe metabolic disease