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Milaria, commonly known as heat rash, is a disorder of eccrine glands secondary to obstruction and retention of sweat. There are three forms of miliaria characterized by the region of the duct or gland that is damaged.

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  1. Cotton O’Neil Dermatology, Topeka, KS, USA

    Grant Ghahramani MD

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  1. Grant Ghahramani MD
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  1. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Misha Rosenbach

  2. Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Karolyn A. Wanat

  3. Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Robert G. Micheletti

  4. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Laura A. Taylor

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Ghahramani, G. (2018). Miliaria. In: Rosenbach, M., Wanat, K., Micheletti, R., Taylor, L. (eds) Inpatient Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18449-4_77

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