Miliaria
"Miliaria" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D008883
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.946.492
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Miliaria" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Patel M, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV. Thomas Hindson and His Discovery of Ascorbic Acid to Treat Prickly Heat. JAMA Dermatol. 2018 Jun 01; 154(6):675.