Botulinum Toxin A for Axillary Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
Open Access
- 15 February 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (7), 488-493
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200102153440704
Abstract
Treatment of primary focal hyperhidrosis is often unsatisfactory. Botulinum toxin A can stop excessive sweating by blocking the release of acetylcholine, which mediates sympathetic neurotransmission in the sweat glands.Keywords
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