Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy, or a subtype of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy: Introduction
Complications of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy:
see complications of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy
Symptoms of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy: see symptoms of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy
Complications of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy: see complications of Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy.
Treatments for Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy:
see treatments for Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy
Research for Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy:
see research for Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy
Main name of condition: Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy
Other names or spellings for Berardinelli-Seip congenital lipodystrophy:Lipodystrophy, Berardinelli type, Lipodystrophy, generalized congenital, Berardinelli Lipodystrophy Syndrome, Generalized dystrophy, Berardinelli-Siep syndrome, Berardinelli-Seip-Lawrence syndrome, Lawrence syndrome, Miescher syndrome 2, Seip syndrdome, congenital lipoatrophic diabetes, congenital lipodystrophy, lipoatrophic diabetes, lipodystrophy-acromegaloid gigantism syndrome, BSCL
Berardinelli syndrome, Congenital lipoatrophic diabetes, Congenital lipodystrophy Berardinelli Seip type, Seip syndrome, Total lipodystrophy and acromegaloid gigantism
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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