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Hans Behrendt, MD; Marvin Green, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1969;117(3):299-306.

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THE postnatal development of the sweating mechanism is still incompletely understood. The basis for the presumed delay in the onset of sweating in full-term neonates is as puzzling as the reason why prematurely born infants are unable to sweat for some time after birth. Neonatal sweating deficiency is cited as an example of functional immaturity, but the state of the development of the component parts of this mechanism—sweat glands, peripheral neural pathways, and automic centers—is unknown.

With few exceptions, the available data on neonatal sweating concern thermal reflex sweating, which depends upon the functional status of the glands proper and on the competence of the nervous elements comprising the reflex arc. Recent studies have provided evidence, direct¹ and indirect,² of the mature neonate's ability to sweat naturally on the first day of life, earlier than was generally believed.³ On the other hand, thermal sweating is a unique . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
New York

From the Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College-Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York.

Footnotes
Received for publication Jan 15, 1968.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, 1249 Fifth Ave, New York 10029 (Dr. Green).

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