Prevalence, Mass, and Glucose-Uptake Activity of ¹⁸F-FDG-Detected Brown Adipose Tissue in Humans Living in a Temperate Zone of Italy

• Agnese Persichetti,

  Affiliation Section of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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• Rosa Sciuto,

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

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• Sandra Rea,

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

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• Sabrina Basciani,

  Affiliation Section of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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• Carla Lubrano,

  Affiliation Section of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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• Stefania Mariani,

  Affiliation Section of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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• Salvatore Ulisse,

  Affiliation Section of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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• Italo Nofroni,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Medical Statistics and Biometry, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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• Carlo Ludovico Maini,

  Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

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• Lucio Gnessi

  * E-mail: lucio.gnessi@uniroma1.it

  Affiliation Section of Medical Pathophysiology, Food Science and Endocrinology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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