Acanthosis nigricans: Relation with type 2 diabetes mellitus, anthropometric variables, and body mass in Indians

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 958, 2005, Pages 541-544

  Grandhe, N P ^a   Bhansali, A ^a   Dogra, S ^a   Kumar, B ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 23844484616     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.028308     Document Type: Article

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