Facial acanthosis nigricans: A morphological marker of metabolic syndrome
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Significance of Acanthosis Nigricans as Marker for Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic syndrome refers to a clustering of metabolic risk factors including central obesity, glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, low HDL cholesterol, high triglycerides and hypertension. MS is increasingly being recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality. Lipoatrophy, acanthosis nigricans is a skin markers associated with this syndrome.Acanthosis ni...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0019-5154
DOI: 10.4103/ijd.ijd_545_17