A quantitative scale of acanthosis nigricans

Diabetes Care

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1655-1659

  Burke, James P ^a   Hale, Daniel E ^a   Hazuda, Helen P ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0032882085     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.22.10.1655     Document Type: Article

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