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The effects of estrogen treatment of carcinoma of the prostate on regional adipocyte size

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Fat cell size was determined in the gluteal, femoral and hypogastric regions of subcutaneous adipose tissue in men with carcinoma of the prostate before and after 5–6 months of estrogen treatment. Body weight and several metabolic variables did not change. Gluteal fat cell size increased. It was suggested that increase of the gluteal fat cell size is a characteristic effect of estrogens on adipose tissue because a similar increase has been previously found in young women in comparison with young men.

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  1. Clinical Metabolic Laboratory of Department of Medicine I, Sahlgren’s Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Marcin Krotkiewski & P. Björntorp

  2. Department of Clinical Rehabilitation, Sahlgren’s Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Marcin Krotkiewski & P. Björntorp

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Krotkiewski, M., Björntorp, P. The effects of estrogen treatment of carcinoma of the prostate on regional adipocyte size. J Endocrinol Invest 1, 365–366 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350985

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