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This narrative review reports that lipedema onset is associated with periods of hormonal fluctuation (puberty, pregnancy, menopause) and describes estrogen-dependent mechanisms (increased aromatase CYP19A1, estrogen-induced ZNF423 hyperproliferation), alongside a proposed female-preferential autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.

Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31

Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31

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• Lipedema: Insights into Morphology, Pathophysiology, and Challenges — Poojari et al. (2022) — supporting · review · 2022
  The review explicitly links lipedema onset to hormonal fluctuation periods and proposes estrogen-dependent mechanisms and female-preferential autosomal dominant heredity, directly addressing both hormonal and hereditary influence; however i

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• Do hormones and heredity influence the onset of lipedema? supporting

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• 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000012

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