CLINICAL REPORT Lipedema: An Inherited Condition
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Lipedema: An Inherited Condition Anne H. Child,* Kristiana D. Gordon, Pip Sharpe, Glen Brice, Pia Ostergaard, Steve Jeffery, and Peter S. Mortimer Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, London, UK Department of Dermatology, St. George’s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK SW Thames Regional Genetics Unit, St. George’s, University of London, London, UK Medical Genetics Unit, Clinical Developmental Sciences, St. George’s, University of London, UK Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences (Dermatology), St. George’s, University of London, London, UK
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