Acquired Idiopathic Generalized Anhidrosis

Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis is a rare condition, where the exact pathomechanism is unknown. We report a case of acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis in a patient who later developed lichen planus. Here an autoimmune-mediated destruction of sweat glands may be the probable pathom...

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Autores principales: Gangadharan, Geethu, Criton, Sebastian, Surendran, Divya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288446
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160533
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description Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis is a rare condition, where the exact pathomechanism is unknown. We report a case of acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis in a patient who later developed lichen planus. Here an autoimmune-mediated destruction of sweat glands may be the probable pathomechanism.
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spelling pubmed-45335762015-08-18 Acquired Idiopathic Generalized Anhidrosis Gangadharan, Geethu Criton, Sebastian Surendran, Divya Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report Acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis is a rare condition, where the exact pathomechanism is unknown. We report a case of acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis in a patient who later developed lichen planus. Here an autoimmune-mediated destruction of sweat glands may be the probable pathomechanism. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4533576/ /pubmed/26288446 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160533 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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