Pilocarpine-induced cholinergic sweat secretion compared with emotional sweat secretion in atopic dermatitis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1110-1113

  Kato, F ^a   Saga, K ^a   Morimoto, Y ^a   Kaneko, R ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Cholinergic sweating; Emotional sweating; Pilocarpine; Sympathetic reflex sweating

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEATING; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; SKIN; SWEAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032984371     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.02912.x     Document Type: Article

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