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Two cases of a rare papular disease affecting the axillary region.

Publication Details

J. cutan, gen.-urin. Dis. 20, 1-5. 1902 CE.

“Fox–Fordyce disease”. These writers described a papular, itchy eruption, confined to the axillae, nipples and pubes, and considered to be due to a dysfunction of the apocrine glands.

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Entry Number#4137
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