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Familial multiple lipomatosis
Ollier disease
Familial partial lipodystrophy
Alder–Reilly anomaly
Familial progressive hyperpigmentation
Congenital generalized lipodystrophy
Van Den Bosch syndrome
Aagenaes syndrome