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Pediatric obesity phenotyping by magnetic resonance methods.
Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care - 1 Nov 2005
Shen Wei, Liu Haiying, Punyanitya Mark, Chen Jun, Heymsfield Steven B
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Accurate measurement of adiposity in obese children is required for characterizing the condition's phenotype, severity, and treatment effects in vivo. Non-invasive and safe, magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy provide an important new approach for characterizing key aspects of pediatric obesity. This review focuses on recent advances in non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging and...
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