"Acanthosis Nigricans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A circumscribed melanosis consisting of a brown-pigmented, velvety verrucosity or fine papillomatosis appearing in the axillae and other body folds. It occurs in association with endocrine disorders, underlying malignancy, administration of certain drugs, or as in inherited disorder.
| Descriptor ID |
D000052
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.621.430.530.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Acanthosis Nigricans- Acanthosis Nigricans
- Acanthosis Nigrican
- Nigrican, Acanthosis
- Nigricans, Acanthosis
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthosis Nigricans" by people in Profiles.
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Acanthosis Nigricans Is a Strong Predictor of Low Blood Calcidiol Levels in Children and Adolescents. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2022 11; 20(9):509-516.
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Optimizing maturity-onset diabetes of the young detection in a pediatric diabetes population. Pediatr Diabetes. 2022 06; 23(4):447-456.
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An African American Male Patient with Rare Type B Insulin Resistance Syndrome. Lab Med. 2022 Mar 07; 53(2):215-217.
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata, India: Prevalence, Pathogenesis and Potential Disease Biomarkers. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2020 Apr; 128(4):216-223.
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Genetic epidemiology of cardiometabolic risk factors and their clustering patterns in Mexican American children and adolescents: the SAFARI Study. Hum Genet. 2013 Sep; 132(9):1059-71.
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The association between acanthosis nigricans and dysglycemia in an ethnically diverse group of eighth grade students. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Mar; 21(3):E328-33.
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Verruca vulgaris in a plaque of acanthosis nigricans. Dermatol Online J. 2011 Jun 15; 17(6):9.
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Palliative treatment of paraneoplastic acanthosis nigricans and oral florid papillomatosis with retinoids. J Drugs Dermatol. 2010 Sep; 9(9):1151-3.
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Acanthosis Nigricans: high prevalence and association with diabetes in a practice-based research network consortium--a PRImary care Multi-Ethnic network (PRIME Net) study. J Am Board Fam Med. 2010 Jul-Aug; 23(4):476-85.
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Regression of acanthosis nigricans correlates with disappearance of anti-insulin receptor autoantibodies and achievement of euglycemia in type B insulin resistance syndrome. Metabolism. 2007 May; 56(5):670-5.