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Review analysis indicates that lymphedema and lipedema diverge in time course, molecular regulators, pathophysiology, and genetics, suggesting unique routes to interstitial fluid accumulation and inflammation despite shared clinical features of edema, adipose expansion, and fibrosis.

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• Current Mechanistic Understandings of Lymphedema and Lipedema: Tales of Fluid, Fat, and Fibrosis — Duhon et al. (2022) — supporting · review · 2022
  This narrative review directly addresses the distinction between lipedema and lymphedema by comparing their pathophysiology, molecular regulators, and genetics, supporting the notion that lipedema is a distinct condition; however, as a revi

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• Is lipedema a distinct disease, separate from obesity and lymphedema? supporting

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