"Acanthosis Nigricans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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. It occurs in association with endocrine disorders, underlying malignancy, administration of certain drugs, or as in inherited disorder.
| Descriptor ID |
D000052
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.621.430.530.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Acanthosis Nigricans- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Acanthosis Nigrican
- Nigrican, Acanthosis
- Nigricans, Acanthosis
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthosis Nigricans" by people in Profiles.
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Photoclinic. Generalized acanthosis nigricans. Arch Iran Med. 2012 Apr; 15(4):257-8.
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Predictors of acquired lipodystrophy in juvenile-onset dermatomyositis and a gradient of severity. Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 Mar; 87(2):70-86.
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Acanthosis Nigricans, insulin resistance (HOMA) and dyslipidemia among Native American children. J Okla State Med Assoc. 2006 Jan; 99(1):19-24.
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Association of acanthosis nigricans with hyperinsulinemia compared with other selected risk factors for type 2 diabetes in Cherokee Indians: the Cherokee Diabetes Study. Diabetes Care. 2002 Jun; 25(6):1009-14.
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Vulvar acanthosis nigricans: a marker for insulin resistance in hirsute women. Fertil Steril. 1993 Mar; 59(3):583-6.
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Acromegaloid patients with type A insulin resistance: parallel defects in insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I receptors and biological responses in cultured fibroblasts. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1989 Aug; 69(2):329-37.