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What Is Hypertrophy?

what is hypertrophy?
Tue, 15 Dec 2009
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It refers to an increase in the size of an organ caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of cells. Kinds of hypertrophy include adaptive hypertrophy, compensatory hypertrophy, Marie's hypertrophy, physiologic, and unilateral hypertrophy.
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What Is Hypertrophy?

It refers to an increase in the size of an organ caused by an increase in the size of the cells rather than the number of cells. Kinds of hypertrophy include adaptive hypertrophy, compensatory hypertrophy, Marie s hypertrophy, physiologic, and unilateral hypertrophy.