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[Adipocyte volume and count in obesity during weight reduction]
Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesamte Innere Medizin Und Ihre Grenzgebiete
|July 1, 1987
Abstract:
In the subcutaneous fatty tissue of 27 adipose patients the number and volume of adipocytes were determined before and after a stationary weight reduction. 47 normal test persons served as comparison. Under stationary weight reduction the volume of adipocytes significantly decreased, whereas the number of adipocytes remained constant. The subdivision of the obesity according to the cellularity of the fatty tissue into a hypertrophic and a hypertrophic hypercellular form is proposed. A possible indication for the determination of the volume of fat cells in adipose patients is given.
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