Incidence and Frequency of Endoscopic Sympathectomy for the Treatment of Hyperhidrosis Palmaris in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Chu, Dachen ^a,b   Chen, Ran Chou ^a,b   Lee, Cheng Hua ^a,b   Yang, Nan Ping ^a,c   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

endoscopy; hyperhidrosis; incidence; sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPATHECTOMY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749242558     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70018-8     Document Type: Article

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