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-'''Brown fat''' is a type of [[adipose tissue]].
+'''Brown fat''' is a type of adipose tissue, that 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>
-It may form a tumour: [[tumour of brown fat]], also known as ''hibernoma''.
+It may form a tumour - that has the imaginative name ''[[tumour of brown fat]]'' and is also known as ''hibernoma''.
-Brown fat 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>
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