Human brown fat and obesity: Methodological aspects

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Non shivering thermogenesis; Obesity; PET CT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874380404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00052     Document Type: Review

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