Acanthosis nigricans

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-

  Marimuthu, S ^a   Menon, Bina Sharine ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; NECK; OBESITY;

EID: 66749112557     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.155713     Document Type: Article

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