Archives of Medical Research
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 744-748, August 2006

Influence of Skin Color on the Diagnostic Utility of Clinical Acanthosis Nigricans to Predict Insulin Resistance in Obese Patients

  • Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas
    • Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Juan Carlos Lopez-Alvarenga, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, P.O. Box 760549, San Antonio, TX 78245
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  • Linda García-Hidalgo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • María Victoria Landa-Anell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Rosario Santos-Gómez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Jorge González-Barranco

      Affiliations

    • División de Investigación del Hospital Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Anthony Comuzzie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Genetics, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas

Received 6 June 2005; accepted 20 December 2005.

(ARCMED-D-05-00219)

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PII: S0188-4409(06)00091-9

doi:10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.12.007

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 744-748, August 2006

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