Brown fat

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Brown fat is a type of adipose tissue, that gradually disappears with age.[1]

It may form a tumour - that has the imaginative name tumour of brown fat and is also known as hibernoma.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Zoico E, Rubele S, De Caro A, Nori N, Mazzali G, Fantin F, Rossi A, Zamboni M (2019). "Brown and Beige Adipose Tissue and Aging". Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 10: 368. doi:10.3389/fendo.2019.00368. PMC 6595248. PMID 31281288. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6595248/.
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