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ADULT-ONSET OBESITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Cytology
DEF

Obesity beginning in adulthood and characterized by increase in size (hypertrophy) of adipose cells with no increase in number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Cytologie
CONT

Selon certains critères histologiques, on distingue les obésités hypertrophiques (les adipocytes sont de nombre normal mais de volume excessif).

Spanish

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