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There are two types of sweat glands: (1) Eccrine, the small sweat glands whieh open on the surface of the skin, and (2) apocrine glands, the large sweat glands, whose ducts open into the hair follicles. They are numerous in the axilla, ano-genital region and on the nipple.
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© 1968 John P. Mackey
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Mackey, H.O. (1968). Diseases of the Sweat Glands. In: A Handbook of Diseases of the Skin. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15275-9_33
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