Idiopathic generalized anhidrosis: A feature of panautonomic failure
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Idiopathic generalized anhidrosis: a feature of panautonomic failure.
FDE characteristically occurs each time the offending drug is administrated, although the number of involved sites may increase. The pathogenesis of the disease is still obscure. It seems that a large homogenous population of CD8 (+) T cells are distributed along the epidermal basal layer in FDE and have the capacity to produce large amounts of IFNgamma. These cells are likely to play a signifi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.42927