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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.
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A Sweat Gland-derived Differentiation Activity Acts through Known Cytokine Signaling Pathways*
The sympathetic innervation of sweat glands undergoes a target-induced noradrenergic to cholinergic/peptidergic switch during… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Myoepithelial differentiation in benign sweat gland tumors
One hundred and two cases of benign sweat gland tumors of the skin were studied for the presence of myoepithelial cells… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Neuroeffector characteristics of sweat glands in the human hand activated by regular neural stimuli.
1. Intraneural electrical stimuli (0.3‐1.2 mA, 0.2 ms) were delivered via a tungsten microelectrode inserted into a cutaneous… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Malignant syringoma of the eyelid.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Primary infiltrating signet ring carcinoma of the eyelids.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Basal cell tumor with eccrine differentiation (eccrine epithelioma).
Review
1979
Review
1979
Sweat gland carcinoma with syringomatous features. A light microscopic and ultrastructural study
A 76‐year‐old man presented with a 10‐year history of a slowly enlarging lesion of his upper lip. An excisional biopsy revealed a… 
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
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The human apocrine sweat gland in health and disease
We may not be able to make you love reading, but the human apocrine sweat gland in health and disease will lead you to love… 
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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