An unusual case of gustatory sweating
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An unusual case of gustatory sweating.
Facial sweating after food (gustatory sweating) is a recognized complication of long-standing insulindependent diabetes mellitus (Watkins, 1973). It is usually provoked by cheese, salty or spicy foods and accompanies other features of autonomic and peripheral neuropathy. The patient herewith reported is unusual in that he developed gustatory sweating as a major, but relatively isolated complica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.58.684.656