Thermoregulatory sweat testing in patients with erythromelalgia

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1583-1588

  Davis, Mark D P ^a   Genebriera, Joseph ^b   Sandroni, Paola ^a   Fealey, Robert D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Institut Umbert de Dermatologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANHIDROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEAT TEST; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SWEATING; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845690816     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.12.1583     Document Type: Article

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