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Apocrine Glands

Known as: Apocrine Gland, Gland, Apocrine, Glands, Apocrine 
Large, branched, specialized sweat glands that empty into the upper portion of a HAIR FOLLICLE instead of directly onto the SKIN.
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1999
1999
An immunohistochemical analysis of 8 cases of the apocrine type of cutaneous mixed tumor is reported. Histologically, 7 cases of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Hidradenomas are benign adnexal neoplasms of uncertain derivation. Although most investigators traditionally have considered… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
We investigated immunohistochemically the localization of lysozyme and Leu M1 in normal skin, 76 cases of benign sweat gland… 
1993
1993
Nerve growth factor, S‐100 protein, CD44, and CD34 have unique expressions in or surrounding eccrine coil hut are not found in… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
At The University in Sheffield England researchers studied the effects of various steroid hormones on rabbit apocrine glands. The… 
Review
1968
Review
1968
Our experience with so‐called apocrine carcinoma of the breast is reviewed. In a 16‐year period 19 apocrine carcinomas of the… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
According to Kuno (1956) sweat glands were discovered by Purkinje in 1833, and described by his pupil Wendt. Almost… 
1936
1936
As early as 1846, Horner, 1 in describing the odoriferous (apocrine) glands stated: I have ventured to give this name to a layer…