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Axillary hyperhidrosis: eccrine or apocrine?
Author(s) -
LonsdaleEccles A.,
Leonard N.,
Lawrence C.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01162.x
Subject(s) - hyperhidrosis , apocrine , sweat , axilla , medicine , eccrine sweat , dermatology , pathophysiology , sweat gland , eccrine sweat gland , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
Summary 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.