Axillary hyperhidrosis: eccrine or apocrine?
- 28 January 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
- Vol. 28 (1), 2-7
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01162.x
Abstract
We review the literature regarding axillary hyperhidrosis, discuss normal sweat gland function and postulate on the respective roles of the eccrine, apocrine and apo‐eccrine glands in the pathophysiology of excessive axillary sweating.Keywords
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