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Review
. 1983:34:429-52.
doi: 10.1146/annurev.me.34.020183.002241.

Sweating and its disorders

P M Quinton
Review

Sweating and its disorders

P M Quinton. Annu Rev Med. 1983.

Abstract

Eccrine sweat is produced by millions of miniscule glands buried in the skin. Eccrine sweating from the general body surface is an extremely important function in human thermoregulation; disturbances either in the control of sweating activity or in the glands themselves can result in problems ranging from minor social embarrassment to fatal hyperpyrexia. A general review of the function and control of normal sweating precedes an overview of sweating abnormalities.

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