Fox–Fordyce disease of the vulva

Fox–Fordyce disease is a rare, chronic skin disorder which affects the apocrine areas. This disease is due to the obstruction of the apocrine sweat duct. Extragenital regions are commonly affected than the genital region. We, herein, report a case of Fox–Fordyce in a female, with onset in the fifth...

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Autores principales: Gurusamy, Lakshmipriya, Jegadeesan, Muhilan, Jayakumar, Salai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190415
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.180293
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author Gurusamy, Lakshmipriya
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description Fox–Fordyce disease is a rare, chronic skin disorder which affects the apocrine areas. This disease is due to the obstruction of the apocrine sweat duct. Extragenital regions are commonly affected than the genital region. We, herein, report a case of Fox–Fordyce in a female, with onset in the fifth decade and involving only the genital region.
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spelling pubmed-48576852016-05-17 Fox–Fordyce disease of the vulva Gurusamy, Lakshmipriya Jegadeesan, Muhilan Jayakumar, Salai Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Fox–Fordyce disease is a rare, chronic skin disorder which affects the apocrine areas. This disease is due to the obstruction of the apocrine sweat duct. Extragenital regions are commonly affected than the genital region. We, herein, report a case of Fox–Fordyce in a female, with onset in the fifth decade and involving only the genital region. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4857685/ /pubmed/27190415 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.180293 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS 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 ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4857685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27190415
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