A critical appraisal of the prevalence and metabolic significance of brown adipose tissue in adult humans

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Paul ^a,b,d   Greenfield, Jerry R ^a,b,d   Ho, Ken K Y ^a,b,d   Fulham, Michael J ^b,c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glucose; Obesity; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOPSY; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957577776     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00298.2010     Document Type: Article

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