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Neurobiology of Skin Appendages: Eccrine, Apocrine, and Apoeccrine Sweat Glands

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Wilke, K., Martin, A., Terstegen, L., Biel, S.S. (2009). Neurobiology of Skin Appendages: Eccrine, Apocrine, and Apoeccrine Sweat Glands. In: Granstein, R.D., Luger, T.A. (eds) Neuroimmunology of the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35989-0_15

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