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Hyperhidrosis (overview)

Hyperhidrosis (overview) Keywords Definition Localized or generalized, increased sweating with excessive increase in eccrine and/or apocrine secretion of sweat of varying aetiology.Primary hyperhidrosis (also known as primary focal hyperhidrosis) is described as an idiopathic, bilateral, largely ...

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