Sustained benefit lasting one year from T4 instead of T3-T4 sympathectomy for isolated axillary hyperhidrosis

Clinics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-774

  Munia, Marco Antonio S ^a   Wolosker, Nelson ^a   Kaufmann, Paulo ^a   De Campos, José Ribas Milanes ^a   Puech Leão, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axillary; Compensatory hyperhidrosis; Hyperhidrosis; Sudoresis; Sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349095465     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000600011     Document Type: Article

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