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Acanthosis Nigricans
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Acanthosis Nigricans [Disease/Finding]
, KERATOSIS NIGRICANS
, Nigricans, Acanthosis
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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)
Acanthosis
Dermatologic disorders
Discoloration of skin
Narrower (7)
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CROUZON SYNDROME WITH ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS (disorder)
Cutis Gyrata Syndrome of Beare And Stevenson
Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Resistant, with Acanthosis Nigricans
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Achondroplasia, Severe, With Developmental Delay And Acanthosis Nigricans
Alstrom Syndrome
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba Syndrome
CHROMOSOME Xq26.3 DUPLICATION SYNDROME
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Review
2009
Review
2009
Acanthosis nigricans
S. Marimuthu
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B. S. Menon
Archives of Disease in Childhood
2009
Corpus ID: 830680
Paediatr Perinat Drug Ther 2003;5:101–6. 6. Turner SA, Longworth A, Nunn AJ, et al. Unlicensed and off label drug use in…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Obesity and the skin: skin physiology and skin manifestations of obesity.
G. Yosipovitch
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A. Devore
,
A. Dawn
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
2007
Corpus ID: 8920738
Review
2002
Review
2002
Genes, growth factors and acanthosis nigricans
D. Torley
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G. Bellus
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C. Munro
The British journal of dermatology
2002
Corpus ID: 21544610
Summary Acanthosis nigricans (AN) occurs most commonly in association with hyperinsulinaemia and more rarely as a paraneoplastic…
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Review
2000
Review
2000
Type 2 diabetes among North adolescents: An epidemiologic health perspective
A. Fagot-Campagna
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D. Pettitt
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+8 authors
K. Narayan
2000
Corpus ID: 71916092
Objectives: To review the magnitude, characteristics, and public health importance of type 2 diabetes in North American youth…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A quantitative scale of acanthosis nigricans.
J. Burke
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D. Hale
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H. Hazuda
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M. Stern
Diabetes care
1999
Corpus ID: 36062698
OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a scale for acanthosis nigricans (AN). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Subjects were participants…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3) transmembrane mutation in Crouzon syndrome with acanthosis nigricans
G. Meyers
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S. Orlow
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I. Munro
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K. A. Przylepa
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E. Jabs
Nature Genetics
1995
Corpus ID: 8237918
Crouzon syndrome, an autosomal dominant condition characterized by craniosynostosis, ocular proptosis and midface hypoplasia, is…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Estrogen resistance caused by a mutation in the estrogen-receptor gene in a man.
E. P. Smith
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J. Boyd
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+6 authors
K. Korach
The New England journal of medicine
1994
Corpus ID: 25180346
BACKGROUND AND METHODS Mutations in the estrogen-receptor gene have been thought to be lethal. A 28-year-old man whose estrogen…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Characterization of groups of hyperandrogenic women with acanthosis nigricans, impaired glucose tolerance, and/or hyperinsulinemia.
A. Dunaif
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M. Graf
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J. Mandeli
,
V. Laumas
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A. Dobrjansky
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and…
1987
Corpus ID: 21969832
This study examined the prevalence of both basal and glucose-stimulated hyperinsulinemia and acanthosis nigricans (AN) as well as…
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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.
D. Ellis
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S. Kafka
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+4 authors
L. King
The New England journal of medicine
1987
Corpus ID: 20786865
CARCINOMAS have been associated with such paraneoplastic syndromes as skin-tumor growth, ectopic hormone production…
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Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
The syndromes of insulin resistance and acanthosis nigricans. Insulin-receptor disorders in man.
C. Kahn
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J. Flier
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+4 authors
J. Roth
The New England journal of medicine
1976
Corpus ID: 25280296
In six patients with acanthosis nigricans variable degrees of glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia and marked resistance to…
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