Hyperhidrosis and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Among Adolescents

JAMA Dermatol. 2024 Mar 27:e240100. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.0100. Online ahead of print.

Yair Zloof^{1

2

3}, Estela Derazne⁴, Maya Braun¹, Rivka Friedland^{4

5}, Oded Scheuerman^{3

4}, Amir Shlaifer^{1

6}, Lotem Goldberg^{3

4}

¹ Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps, Ramat Gan, Israel.
² Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
³ Department of Pediatrics B, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
⁵ Pediatric Dermatology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel.
⁶ Department of Military Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence and risk of excessive sweating and joint hypermobility in Israeli adolescents aged 16 to 19 years.