Acanthosis Nigricans and oral glucose tolerance in obese children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-71

  Scott, Andrew T ^a   Metzig, Andrea M ^b   Hames, Robertson K ^a   Schwarzenberg, Sarah Jane ^b   Dengel, Donald R ^a   Biltz, George R ^a   Kelly, Aaron S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD;

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 73549090579     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809341876     Document Type: Article

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