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Oral pilocarpine alleviates the symptoms of acquired idiopathic generalised anhidrosis

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Noriko Kubota, Jun-ichi Furuta, Saori Onizawa, Akimasa Saito, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Yosuke Ishitsuka, Rei Watanabe, Yasuhiro Fujisawa, Naoko Okiyama & Manabu Fujimoto

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Kubota, N., Furuta, Ji., Onizawa, S. et al. Oral pilocarpine alleviates the symptoms of acquired idiopathic generalised anhidrosis. Eur J Dermatol 29, 422–423 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2019.3573

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