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This is a chronic papulous disorder of the apocrine glands appearing especially in young women between puberty and menopause. Remissions during pregnancy have been observed.
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Bruckbauer, H.R., Vogt, HJ. (2003). Apocrine miliaria. In: Katsambas, A.D., Lotti, T.M. (eds) European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07131-1_8
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