Preexisting overweight or obesity Familiar predisposition to obesity Duration of hyperthyroidism Extent of weight loss during hyperthyroidism Inadequate or late correction of hypothyroidism following treatment of hyperthyroidism Concurrent therapies (steroids,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Andrea Lenzi, Silvia Migliaccio and Lorenzo Maria Donini (eds.)Multidisciplinary Approach to Obesity10.1007/978-3-319-09045-0_1 1. Anatomy and Physiology of Adipose Tissue Graziana Colaianni1 , Silvia Colucci1 and Maria Grano1 (1) Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and…
Fig. 5.1 The hypothetical maladaptive mechanisms likely involved in the etiopathogenesis of obesity-related alterations in GH/IGF-1 axis. The elevation of circulating FFA, adipokines, and cytokines induced by increased visceral adipose…
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