Catalog

Insulin-resistance syndrome type A

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Link to WHO Definition

Insulin-resistance syndrome type A – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/343459534

Type A insulin-resistance syndrome belongs to the group of extreme insulin-resistance syndromes (which includes leprechaunism, the lipodystrophies, Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome and type B insulin resistance syndrome) and is characterised by the triad of hyperinsulinemia, acanthosis nigricans (skin lesions associated with insulin resistance), and signs of hyperandrogenism in females without lipodystrophy and who are not overweight.