Hyperthyroidism increases brown fat metabolism in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lahesmaa, Minna ^a   Orava, Janne ^a   Schalin Jäntti, Camilla ^b   Soinio, Minna ^a,c   Hannukainen, Jarna C ^a   Noponen, Tommi ^c   Kirjavainen, Anna ^a   Iida, Hidehiro ^d   Kudomi, Nobuyuki ^e   Enerbäck, Sven ^f   Virtanen, Kirsi A ^a   Nuutila, Pirjo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIMAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LIOTHYRONINE; PROPRANOLOL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE PERFUSION; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; UP-REGULATION; WATER;

EID: 84892179280     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2312     Document Type: Article

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