Prevalence, Mass, and Glucose-Uptake Activity of 18F-FDG-Detected Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans Living in a Temperate Zone of Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Persichetti, Agnese ^a   Sciuto, Rosa ^b   Rea, Sandra ^b   Basciani, Sabrina ^a   Lubrano, Carla ^a   Mariani, Stefania ^a   Ulisse, Salvatore ^a   Nofroni, Italo ^a   Maini, Carlo Ludovico ^b   Gnessi, Lucio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHILD; CLIMATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATE ZONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877278829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063391     Document Type: Article

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