"Miliaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome of cutaneous changes associated with sweat retention and extravasation of sweat at different levels in the skin. Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, results from apocrine duct obstruction. The sweat then seeps into the epidermis, producing pruritic erythematous papulovesicles. (From Dorland, 27th ed)
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D008883
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.946.492
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Miliaria" by people in Profiles.
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Vesicular eruption on the trunk and in intertriginous folds--quiz case. Arch Dermatol. 2004 Feb; 140(2):231-6.