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Acanthosis Nigricans

Known as: Acanthosis Nigricans [Disease/Finding], KERATOSIS NIGRICANS, Nigricans, Acanthosis 
A circumscribed melanosis consisting of a brown-pigmented, velvety verrucosity or fine papillomatosis appearing in the axillae and other body folds… 
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Broader (3)

AcanthosisDermatologic disordersDiscoloration of skin

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Acanthosis nigricans muscle cramps acral enlargementCROUZON SYNDROME WITH ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS (disorder)Cutis Gyrata Syndrome of Beare And StevensonDiabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Resistant, with Acanthosis Nigricans
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Achondroplasia, Severe, With Developmental Delay And Acanthosis NigricansAlstrom SyndromeBannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba SyndromeCHROMOSOME Xq26.3 DUPLICATION SYNDROME
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Acanthosis nigricans
Paediatr Perinat Drug Ther 2003;5:101–6. 6. Turner SA, Longworth A, Nunn AJ, et al. Unlicensed and off label drug use in… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Obesity and the skin: skin physiology and skin manifestations of obesity.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Genes, growth factors and acanthosis nigricans
Summary Acanthosis nigricans (AN) occurs most commonly in association with hyperinsulinaemia and more rarely as a paraneoplastic… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Type 2 diabetes among North adolescents: An epidemiologic health perspective
Objectives: To review the magnitude, characteristics, and public health importance of type 2 diabetes in North American youth… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A quantitative scale of acanthosis nigricans.
OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale for acanthosis nigricans (AN). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subjects were participants… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) transmembrane mutation in Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans
Crouzon syndrome, an autosomal dominant condition characterized by craniosynostosis, ocular proptosis and midface hypoplasia, is… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Estrogen resistance caused by a mutation in the estrogen-receptor gene in a man.
BACKGROUND AND METHODS Mutations in the estrogen-receptor gene have been thought to be lethal. A 28-year-old man whose estrogen… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Characterization of groups of hyperandrogenic women with acanthosis nigricans, impaired glucose tolerance, and/or hyperinsulinemia.
This study examined the prevalence of both basal and glucose-stimulated hyperinsulinemia and acanthosis nigricans (AN) as well as… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Melanoma, growth factors, acanthosis nigricans, the sign of Leser-Trélat, and multiple acrochordons. A possible role for alpha-transforming growth factor in cutaneous paraneoplastic syndromes.
CARCINOMAS have been associated with such paraneoplastic syndromes as skin-tumor growth, ectopic hormone production… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The syndromes of insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans. Insulin-receptor disorders in man.
In six patients with acanthosis nigricans variable degrees of glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia and marked resistance to… 
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