Facial acanthosis nigricans: A morphological marker of metabolic syndrome

• Main Authors: Saumya Panda (Author), Anupam Das (Author), Koushik Lahiri (Author), Manas Chatterjee (Author), Tanmay Padhi (Author), Sanjay Rathi (Author), Sandipan Dhar (Author), Nilendu Sarma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: 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. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this s...