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Acanthosis Nigricans

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Vulvar Disease
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The exact incidence of AN is unknown. In an unselected population of 1412 children, AN were present in 7.1%.

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  1. Grasinger CC, Wild RA, Parker IJ. Vulvar acanthosis nigricans: a marker for insulin resistance in hirsute women. Fertil Steril. 1993;59(3):583–6.

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Ronger Savle, S. (2019). Acanthosis Nigricans. In: Bornstein, J. (eds) Vulvar Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61621-6_39

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