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Lipodystrophy, Intestinal

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Lipodystrophy, Intestinal Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Lipodystrophy, Intestinal?

A disease marked by diarrhea with fatty stools, arthritis, emaciation, and loss of strength, and attended with deposits of fat in the intestinal lymphatic tissue. Rod-shaped bacteria-like forms are present, presumed to be infectious, although no organism has been consistently isolated from patient specimens. (Dorland, 27th ed; from Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992).

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