Adipose Tissue in Childhood

List of contents

1. Introduction: White and Brown Adipose Tissue – Main Histological Features and Physiological Role 2. Adipocyte Development 3. Measurement of the Size and Number of Adipose Cells 4. Estimation of the Fat Body Mass in Infants and Children 5. Adipose Tissue Growth in Animals Under Normal and Abnormal Conditions 6. Normal Growth of Human Adipose Tissue 7. Adipose Tissue Metabolism During Development and Growth 8. Fatty Acid Composition of Adipose Tissue Triglycerides 9. Fat Cell Size and Number in Obese Children 10. Fat Cells in Leanness, Growth Retardation, and Adipose Tissue Distrophic Syndromes 11. Conclusions

About the author

Fernand P. Bonnet, M.D., has been Director of the Liege University Hospital since 1979.

Summary

Published in 1981: The main topic of the book is the growth of white adipose tissue as a whole as well as the level of the local fat depots.

Product details

• Authors: Fernand P. Bonnet, Fernand P. (Centre Hospitalier University) Bonnet
• Assisted by: Fernand P. Bonnet (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367199593
• ISBN: 978-0-367-19959-3
• No. of pages: 173
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine