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Sweat Glands

Known as: sudiferous gland, Sweat gland, sudoriferous glands 
Sweat-producing structures that are embedded in the DERMIS. Each gland consists of a single tube, a coiled body, and a superficial duct.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Innervation and vasculature of human sweat glands: an immunohistochemistry-laser scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy study
Secreting tubules, nerves fibers, and blood vessels in human sweat glands (SGs) were fluorescently stained by immunohistochemical… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Immunoreactivity for Estrogen Receptor Protein in Sweat Gland Tumors
The histologic and immunophenotypic similarities between sweat gland carcinoma and breast cancer are well known. Indeed, these… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
VIP-immunoreactivity in the skin of various mammals: Immunohistochemical, radioimmunological and experimental evidence for a dual localization in cutaneous nerves and Merkel cells
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Basal cell tumor with eccrine differentiation (eccrine epithelioma).
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Adenocarcinoma of eccrine sweat glands.
A man developed left-sided proptosis and orbital edema that progressed during a three-week period. Ten years ago he had a skin… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Effect of skin wettedness on sweat gland response.
Investigation of the effect of skin wettedness upon sweating rate. Several techniques were used to gain a better understanding of… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Physiological measures in agitated and retarded depressed patients.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Isolation, Identification and Function of the Chief Component of the Male Tarsal Scent in Black-tailed Deer
THE tarsal organ of deer of the genus Odocoileus is located, medially on the ankle (Fig. 1) and consists of sebaceous and… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
FINE STRUCTURE OF THE MYOEPITHELIUM OF THE ECCRINE SWEAT GLANDS OF MAN
The secretory coils of glutaraldehyde-osmium tetroxide-fixed and Epon-Araldite-embedded eccrine sweat glands from the palms of… 
Highly Cited
1948
Highly Cited
1948
The chemical histology of human eccrine and apocrine sweat glands
The general histological features of the eccrine and apocrine sweat glands of niaii are well known, but they have not been very… 
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