Acrochordons as a cutaneous sign of metabolic syndrome: A case-control study

Kumar Jindal, Ankur; S. A. Patel, N.; Shah, Rajesh

doi:10.4103/2141-9248.129040

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Acrochordons as a cutaneous sign of metabolic syndrome: A case-control study

Published in Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research • Jan 1, 2014

Authors:

Ankur Kumar Jindal

N. S. A. Patel

Rajesh Shah

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acrochordons (known as skin tags) are benign skin tumors. A few studies with contradictory results have been reported regarding the abnormalities of carbohydrate and/or lipid metabolisms in patients with skin tags. AIM: The aim of this study is to determine if the presence of acrochordon...

Subject

Medicine

Internal medicine

Metabolic syndrome

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