Skin tag as a cutaneous marker for impaired carbohydrate metabolism: A case-control study

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1155-1159

  Rasi, Abbas ^a   Soltani Arabshahi, Razieh ^a   Shahbazi, Nasim ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FIBROMA; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35848938744     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03287.x     Document Type: Article

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