Letter to Editor: Series of articles by T. Bertsch and G. Erbacher culminating in Lipoedema – myths and facts, Part 5*: European Best Practice of Lipoedema – Summary of the European Lipoedema Forum Consensus published online 2020-01-31
Brenda Gold
1
Director, The Lipedema Project, Inc
,
Leslyn Keith
2
President, The Lipedema Project, Inc
,
Raeann Sparks
3
Director, The Lipedema Project, Inc
,
Catherine Seo
4
Founder and Executive Director, The Lipedema Project, Inc
Present authors represent a non-profit that provides online education and support to people with lipedema, educational opportunities for clinicians, and fosters knowledge and research into lipedema. Our current world-wide membership is 21 500. Three writers are women with lived experience of lipedema. The goals of our organization align with the stated goals of the European Lipoedema Forum Consensus (Consensus).
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