Developments in the imaging of brown adipose tissue and its associations with muscle, puberty, and health in children

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Hu, Houchun H ^a   Gilsanz, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Children; Hounsfield units; Mri; Muscle; Pet ct; Puberty; White adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869221418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00033     Document Type: Review

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