Scanning electron microscopy of very small fat cells and mature fat cells in human obesity.

To determine the effect of obesity on the size distribution of fat cell populations in human adipose tissue, omental fat tissue biopsies were obtained from lean, moderately obese, and massively obese patients. The size distributions of adipocytes from lean and obese fat tissues examined by the scann...

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Main Authors: P Julien, J P Despres, A Angel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1989-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520383887