Prevalence of Acanthosis Nigricans in an urban population in Sri Lanka and its utility to detect metabolic syndrome

BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance (IR) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome. Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is an easily detectable skin condition that is strongly associated with IR. The aims of this study were, firstly, to investigate the prevalence of AN among adults in an urban S...

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Autores principales: Dassanayake, Anuradha S, Kasturiratne, Anuradhani, Niriella, Madunil A, Kalubovila, Udaya, Rajindrajith, Shaman, de Silva, Arjuna P, Kato, Norihiro, Wickremasinghe, A Rajitha, de Silva, H Janaka
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21276250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-25

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