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Central obesity as a clinical marker of adiposopathy; increased visceral adiposity as a surrogate marker for global fat dysfunction

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) is often described as ‘protective’. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is often described as ‘pathologic’. However, both SAT and VAT have protective and pathologic potential, with interdependent biologic functions. RECENT FINDINGS: Most of the body...

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Autor principal: Bays, Harold
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25106000
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MED.0000000000000093