Diseases

Fox-Fordyce Disease

Chronic pruritic disease, usually in women, characterized by small follicular papular eruptions in APOCRINE GLANDS areas. It is caused by obstruction and rupture of intraepidermal apocrine ducts.

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Abstract

Chronic pruritic disease, usually in women, characterized by small follicular papular eruptions in APOCRINE GLANDS areas. It is caused by obstruction and rupture of intraepidermal apocrine ducts.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Fox-Fordyce Syndrome
  • Miliaria, Apocrine
  • Apocrine Miliaria
  • Disease, Fox-Fordyce
  • Fox Fordyce Disease
  • Fox Fordyce Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Fox-Fordyce

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

pruritic apocrine dis in women

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  1. C17.800w.946.492w.285w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fox-Fordyce Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005588. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005588
  2. Fox-Fordyce Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%E2%80%93Fordyce_disease
  3. Fox-Fordyce Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1618019