标记性低脂血症在免疫检查点抑制剂诱导的获得性全般化脂质变异中预先发生明显的脂肪损失

Maheswaran Dhanasekaran1, Rashi Sandooja1, Alexandra S Higgins2

  • 1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

JCEM case reports
|November 1, 2023
PubMed
概括

免疫检查点抑制剂可能会导致脂质,这是一个罕见的疾病,涉及脂肪损失和代谢问题. 这一案例突出了诸如口腔脂肪损失和低勒素等早期症状,这在一般化脂质变之前发生.

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