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Acanthosis Nigricans: eMedicine Dermatology

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Overview: Although Addison may have seen a case of acanthosis nigricans (AN) before 1885 and misdiagnosed it as Addison disease, the first documented case of acanthosis nigricans was in 1889 in Germany as described by Unna and ...

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