Presence of brown adipose tissue in an adolescent with severe primary hypothyroidism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2014, Pages E1686-E1690

  Kim, Mimi S ^a,b   Hu, Houchun H ^a,b   Aggabao, Patricia C ^a   Geffner, Mitchell E ^a,b   Gilsanz, Vicente ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b Saban Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTIRELIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE FAT FRACTION; CAMERA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE PRIMARY HYPOTHYROIDISM; SHORT STATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL IMAGER; THERMOGENESIS; THYROGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC USE; INFRARED RADIATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFRARED RAYS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84907221245     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-1343     Document Type: Article

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