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'''Brown fat''' is a type of adipose tissue | '''Brown fat''' is a type of adipose tissue. | ||
==General== | |||
*Brown fat gradually disappears with age.<ref name=pmid31281288>{{cite journal |authors=Zoico E, Rubele S, De Caro A, Nori N, Mazzali G, Fantin F, Rossi A, Zamboni M |title=Brown and Beige Adipose Tissue and Aging |journal=Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) |volume=10 |issue= |pages=368 |date=2019 |pmid=31281288 |pmc=6595248 |doi=10.3389/fendo.2019.00368 |url=}}</ref> | |||
*May form a tumour - that has the imaginative name ''[[tumour of brown fat]]'' and is also known as ''hibernoma''. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
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