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This chapter provides an overview of the disorders of pigmentation that are most commonly seen by pediatricians, and highlights those conditions specifically requiring additional laboratory screening. The chapter is divided into four sections: congenital localized alterations in pigmentation (e.g.
Candrice R. Heath, Nanette B. Silverberg
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This chapter provides an overview of the disorders of pigmentation that are most commonly seen by pediatricians, and highlights those conditions specifically requiring additional laboratory screening. The chapter is divided into four sections: congenital localized alterations in pigmentation (e.g.
Candrice R. Heath, Nanette B. Silverberg
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Genetic Disorders of Pigmentation
1994Disorders of pigmentation were among the first genetic disorders recognized in humans. The distinctive phenotypes of oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) and piebaldism were known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the typical clinical features, modes of inheritance, and genetic heterogeneity of these disorders are apparent even in classical descriptions ...
Vincent J. Hearing, Richard A. Spritz
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Human and mouse disorders of pigmentation
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2003Disorders of pigmentation were among the first genetic diseases ever recognized because of their visually striking clinical phenotypes, resulting from defects of pigmentary melanocytes. Recent years have seen remarkable progress in understanding these diseases, largely as a result of the systematic parallel study of human patients and inbred mice with ...
Asem Alkhateeb +3 more
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Disorders of Melanin Pigmentation
1991Melanin is the most important determinant of skin color. The type of melanin and how it is packaged in melanosomes and transferred to keratinocytes determines one’s skin color. Other factors influencing skin color include the relative amounts of oxidized and reduced hemoglobin and the presence of carotenoids.
Helmut H. Wolff +3 more
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Disorders of pigmentation in infants and children
Clinics in Dermatology, 2002Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder characterized by ivory-white patches secondary to melanocyte destruction. The disease is inherited as autosomal dominant with variable penetrance and is estimated to affect 1–2% of the population.1 Thirty percent of patients have either a positive family history of vitiligo or a history of halo nevi or premature hair ...
Nelly Rubeiz, Abdul-Ghani Kibbi
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Disorders of pigmentation: unapproved treatments
Clinics in Dermatology, 2002Aprescription is considered unapproved when the condition being treated is not listed on the package insert or in the Physician’s Desk Reference as an indication for the drug being used. There is a perception among some that if a therapy were truly effective and safe for a particular indication, it would have received official Food and Drug ...
Andreas Katsambas, Christine Stefanaki
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Pigment Disorders and Pigment Manipulations
2012Diseases of the pigment system are common worldwide. They may cause a decrease in quality of life, especially in people of color. Moreover, in some people of color, a normal skin itself can cause problems because these individuals do not accept their natural dark color and strive for a lighter complexion to hopefully increase their quality of life ...
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An approach to disorders of pigmentation
2012In veterinary dermatology, disorders of pigmentation are disorders of melanogenic pigmentation; the role of other factors that contribute to pigmentation in hairless skin, such as haemoglobin or carotenes, is anecdotal. Melanin pigments are synthesized in specialized cells, the melanocytes, which are present in the hair follicle and epidermal basal ...
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Fish pigmentation and coloration: Molecular mechanisms and aquaculture perspectives
Reviews in Aquaculture, 2021Guoqing Lu, Zaijie Dong
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