Clearance of acanthosis nigricans associated with insulinoma following surgical resection

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 899-900

  Ghosh, S ^a,b   Roychowdhury, B ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Chowdhury, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULINOMA; MALE; OBESITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 54949131763     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn098     Document Type: Article

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