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Sexual dimorphism of adipose tissue distribution across the lifespan: a cross-sectional whole-body magnetic resonance imaging study

BACKGROUND: Despite increasing research and clinical significance, limited information is available on how the visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue (VAT and SAT) compartments develop during growth and maturation and then vary in volume across the adult lifespan. The present study aimed at explor...

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Autores principales: Shen, Wei, Punyanitya, Mark, Silva, Analiza M, Chen, Jun, Gallagher, Dympna, Sardinha, Luís B, Allison, David B, Heymsfield, Steven B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19371437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-6-17