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Evidence of Brown Fat Activity in Constitutional Leanness

Author(s) -

Fabrizio Pasanisi,

Leonardo Pace,

Rosa Fonti,

Maurizio Marra,

Donatella Sgambati,

Carmela De Caprio,

Emilia De Filippo,

Andrea Vaccaro,

Marco Salvatore,

Franco Contaldo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-2981

Subject(s) - respiratory quotient , standardized uptake value , positron emission tomography , body mass index , underweight , medicine , nuclear medicine , endocrinology , brown adipose tissue , lean body mass , anorexia nervosa , zoology , obesity , body weight , biology , overweight , eating disorders , psychiatry

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) was considered essentially nonexistent in adults until recent evidence obtained using 18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography. It seems to play a role in whole body metabolism, but it has not been evaluated in underweight conditions, such as in young females with constitutional leanness (CL) or anorexia nervosa (AN).

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