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Gingival Pigmentation Pattern in Correlation to Skin Color in a Group of Kurdish People in Sulaimani City

مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2022
Background: Melanin pigmentation of the gingiva appears in all ethnicities. Excessive pigmentation is an esthetic concern that has increased awareness about depigmentation procedures.
Soma Amin, Shokhan H. Azeez
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Gingival Pigmentation and Its Association with Skin Complexion and Periodontal Status Among Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

Nigerian Dental Journal
Introduction: Gingival color varies among different races and can be affected by a number of factors including pigmentation. Gingival pigmentation is of aesthetic concern in some individuals and has been linked to skin complexion.
Grace Alade, Ayodele Ogundana
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The accuracy of pulse oximetry in measuring oxygen saturation by levels of skin pigmentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medicine, 2022
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been concerns regarding potential bias in pulse oximetry measurements for people with high levels of skin pigmentation.
Chunhu Shi, Mark Goodall, Jo Dumville, James Hill, Gill Norman, Oliver Hamer, Andrew Clegg, Caroline Leigh Watkins, George Georgiou, Alexander Hodkinson, Catherine Elizabeth Lightbody, Paul Dark, Nicky Cullum   +12 more
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Derivation and characterization of retinal pigment epithelium from urine‐derived iPSCs

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Age‐related macular degeneration causes vision loss via RPE dysfunction and loss. Traditional iPSC therapies rely on invasive biopsies, limiting scalability. Here, we utilize urine‐derived stem cells as an accessible source to generate u‐iPSCs, successfully differentiated into pigmented RPE. This “Urine‐to‐Retina” platform provides a promising path for
Daniella Beiner, Hainan Zhu, Carol Christine Bosholm, Heuy‐Ching Wang, Tracy Criswell, Anthony Atala, Jian‐Xing Ma, Yuanyuan Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation of Facial Skin Colour and Melanin Pigmentation in the Gingiva of Children in Primary, Mixed and Permanent Dentition: An Observational Study

Advances in Human Biology
Introduction: Physiologic oral pigmentation is a typical finding in paediatric dentistry. Gingival pigmentation has a wide range of occurrence rates depending on race, country and the influence of genetics.
Pooja Vishwanath Bane, Anshula N Deshpande, Bhavna H Dave, Seema S Bargale, K S Poonacha, Pratik B Kariya   +5 more
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Vitamin D and Pigmented Skin [PDF]

Nutrients, 2022
The default supply of vitamin D3 to humans is its endogenous production in UV-B-exposed skin [...]
openaire   +2 more sources

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy due to Biallelic Pathogenic Variants in PIGM

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective PIGM encodes a critical enzyme in the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)‐anchor biosynthesis pathway. While promoter‐region mutations in PIGM have been associated with a relatively mild phenotype characterized by portal vein thrombosis and absence seizures, recent evidence suggests that coding‐region mutations result in a more severe
Júlia Sala‐Coromina, Anna Marcé‐Grau, Barbara Masotto, Marta Codina, Lamia BenJemaa, Yasmina Elaribi, Mónica Martinez‐Gallo, Roger Colobran, Angel Sanchez‐Montañez, Irene Valenzuela, Yoshiko Murakami, Alfons Macaya   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic ancestry, self-reported "color" and quantitative measures of skin pigmentation in Brazilian admixed siblings. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
A current concern in genetic epidemiology studies in admixed populations is that population stratification can lead to spurious results. The Brazilian census classifies individuals according to self-reported "color", but several studies have demonstrated
Tailce K M Leite, Rômulo M C Fonseca, Nanci M de França, Esteban J Parra, Rinaldo W Pereira   +4 more
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Development of a Disease Activity Index for the Assessment of VEXAS Syndrome (VEXAS‐DAI)

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective VEXAS syndrome is characterized by a complex spectrum of inflammatory and hematologic manifestations. Clinical research to identify effective therapies is urgently needed but is hindered by the lack of validated outcome measures. A VEXAS‐specific disease activity index (DAI) is an essential tool for reliably capturing changes in disease ...
Kevin Byram, Heřman Mann, Danielle Hammond, Onima Chowdhury, Sinisa Savic, Yohei Kirino, Carmelo Gurnari, Maël Heiblig, Thibault Comont, Arsène Mekinian, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Lachelle D. Weeks, Gary Ho, Adam Al‐Hakim, Scott Goldberg, Marcela A. Ferrada, Sophie Georgin‐Lavialle, Peter C. Grayson, Emma M. Groarke, Bhavisha Patel, Megan Sullivan, Sarah A. Buckley, Bryan G. Harder, Raman Garcha, David B. Beck, Matthew J. Koster   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skin hyperpigmentation in Indian population: Insights and best practice

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2016
Skin pigmentation is one of the most strikingly variable phenotypes in humans, therefore making cutaneous pigmentation disorders frequent symptoms manifesting in a multitude of forms.
Stephanie Nouveau, Divya Agrawal, Malavika Kohli, Francoise Bernerd, Namita Misra, Chitra Shivanand Nayak   +5 more
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