Open AccessFacial acanthosis nigricans: A morphological marker of metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
Saumya Panda,
Anupam Das,
Koushik Lahiri,
Manas Chatterjee,
Tanmay Padhi,
Sanjay Rathi,
Sandipan Dhar,
Nilendu Sarma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/ijd.ijd_545_17
Subject(s) - acanthosis nigricans , medicine , body mass index , waist–hip ratio , metabolic syndrome , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , insulin resistance , waist , physiology , insulin , endocrinology
Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a frequently encountered entity. Facial AN (FAN) is a subset of AN which is being increasingly recognized. Recently, reports hypothesizing the association of FAN with features of metabolic syndrome have been published.
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