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A more specific term, lipoatrophy (from Greek lipo 'fat' and dystrophy 'abnormal or degenerative condition'), is used when describing the loss of fat from one area (usually the face). This condition is also characterized by a lack of circulating leptin which may lead to osteosclerosis .
The Atlas personality, named after the story of the Titan Atlas from Greek mythology who is forced to hold up the sky, is someone obliged to take on adult responsibilities prematurely. They are as a result liable to develop a pattern of compulsive caregiving in later life.
Lipoatrophy is the term describing the localized loss of fat tissue. This may occur as a result of subcutaneous injections of insulin in the treatment of diabetes , from the use of human growth hormone or from subcutaneous injections of copaxone used for the treatment of multiple sclerosis .
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Iglesias P, Alvarez Fidalgo P, Codoceo R, Díez J (2004). "Lipoatrophic diabetes in an elderly woman: clinical course and serum adipocytokine concentrations".
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