Impaired sweating function in adult atopic dermatitis: Results of the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 683-688

  Eishi, K ^a   Lee, J B ^a   Bae, S J ^a   Takenaka, M ^a   Katayama, I ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test; Sweating function

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SWEAT; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AXONS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SWEAT; SWEATING;

EID: 0036406113     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04765.x     Document Type: Article

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