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| Dercum´s disease - a frequently overlooked disease picture | (External Link) A translation into English of a recent article in a German neurology journal. The site is hosted by the medical school at the University of Magdeburg. |
| Learning About Dercum's Disease | (External Link) From the National Human Genome Research Institute, at genome.gov, a part of the National Institutes of Health. This was newly updated in July 2006. |
| Corticosteroid-Induced Juxta-articular Adiposis Dolorosa | (External Link) This is the first reported case of adiposis dolorosa occurring as a complication of corticosteroid treatment. Alterations of fat metabolism by corticosteroid excess may have played a role.... |
| eMedicine article | (External Link) Article on Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's disease) from a large clinical knowledge base for healthcare professionals |
| Overview article | (External Link) English translation from a Swedish medical journal |
| Chronic Back Pain Can Shrink Brain | (External Link) "...the gray matter of the brain can shrink up to 11% in one year in those with chronic back pain, the same amount of brain density that is lost in 10 to 20 years of normal aging." |
| Health on the Net Foundation (HON) - Dercum's Disease | (External Link) There are links here to other web sites and medical journal articles that deal with Dercum's Disease. |
| Lipoma Definition | (External Link) "Symptoms of lipoma include soft, moveable lumps under the skin that are sometimes painful to the touch." --Penn State College of Medicine |
| Soft Tissue Tumors and Quasi-Tumors | (External Link) Pathology Notes by Ed Friedlander, MD - about 70% of the way down the page, says "Neither lipomas nor liposarcomas have any know[n] relationship to obesity." |
| Inflammation in DD, Dercum Society, Sweden | (External Link) "Inflammation plays a part in the syndrome." See English text at top of the page. |
| Canadian Organization for Rare Diseases (CORD) | (External Link) "Through an educational and informational support network, CORD is committed to the enhancement of the lives of all persons affected by rare disorders" |
| Fysioterapeuten (The Physiotherapist) magazine article | (External Link) Article, in Danish, pp. 12-13, by well-known therapist Birte Carstensen. She warns that treating Dercum's patients with exercise & massage will make the patients' condition worse. |
| The Open Directory Project on Dercum's Disease | (External Link) "The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory on the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors." |
| Dercum Society in Sweden | (External Link) Website with most information in Swedish. This is the oldest society for Dercum's disease, or Morbus Dercum. |
| NIH - Lipoma (photo) with Text about Adiposis Dolorosa | (External Link) "In the rare disease adiposis dolorosa there is swelling of the body and fatty deposits (lipomas) which apply pressure to the nerves, resulting in weakness and sometimes extreme pain." |
| The Website of Karen L. Herbst, Ph.D., M.D. | (External Link) Dr. Herbst is "making an effort to present you with the entire spectrum of painful fatty disorders as soon as possible." Check back often. Site still under construction. |
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