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Vitiligo and autoimmune diseases [PDF]
, 2016 Vitiligo is a quite frequently occurring skin disease. Although it does not cause any pain or internal organ damage, it constitutes a significant cosmetic problem having a significant impact on quality of life.
Magdalena Kutwin +2 more
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Increased Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Vitiligo
Balkan Medical Journal, 2017 The risk of developing metabolic syndrome is increased in patients with vitiligo. The poor clinical features of vitiligo, such as active, extended and segmental vitiligo with an increased duration of time, are independent predictors for developing ...
Hatice Ataş, Müzeyyen Gönül
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A clinico-epidemiological study on childhood vitiligo
Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology, 2016 Introduction: Vitiligo is a disorder of melanocytes which may have a significant effect on the psyche of a patient. Aims: To study the clinical profile of the patients with childhood vitiligo and see the association of vitiligo with other autoimmune ...
Neerja Puri
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Low frequency of skin cancers in vitiligo patients [PDF]
, 2016 Vitiligo is a disease characterized by discoloration of the skin and hair as a result of damage of melanocytes. The exact mechanism of the disease is still unknown.
Anna Erkiert-Polguj +4 more
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Randomized controlled trial of topical corticosteroid and home-based narrowband ultraviolet B for active and limited vitiligo: Results of the HI-Light Vitiligo Trial [PDF]
, 2022 BACKGROUND: Evidence for the effectiveness of vitiligo treatments is limited., OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of (i) handheld narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) and (ii) a combination of potent topical corticosteroid (TCS) and NB-UVB, compared with TCS ...
Rogers, Andy +3 more
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Prepubertal and postpubertal vitiligo: a multivariate comparative study in 375 patients [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017 : Background: The onset of vitiligo during childhood is common. Limited data exist that compare the clinical associations of prepubertal and postpubertal vitiligo in Arabs.
Huma Khurrum, Khalid M AlGhamdi
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Serum interleukin 15 as a marker of activity in patients with vitiligo
Journal of the Egyptian Women’s Dermatologic Society, 2021 Background Interleukin 15 (IL15) is a proinflammatory cytokine that is involved in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The stability of vitiligo represents the periods of no activity of the disease, and it is crucial in ...
Ashraf Hamza +3 more
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Transcriptome analysis reveals markers of aberrantly activated innate immunity in vitiligo lesional and non-lesional skin. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Vitiligo is characterized by the death of melanocytes in the skin. This is associated with the presence of T cell infiltrates in the lesional borders.
Richard Yu +13 more
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Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2023 Introduction: Vitiligo is a multifactorial disorder, most often explained by the autoimmune hypothesis. The objective of this study is to measure the levels of cytokines IL-6, TNF-α, and IFN-γ in the blood and skin (lesional and uninvolved) of vitiligo ...
Abhishek De +4 more
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Chemical vitiligo: A subset of vitiligo
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2020 Chemical leucoderma, an under-diagnosed common condition often mimicking idiopathic vitiligo, represents an acquired depigmentation induced by repeated exposure to specific chemical compounds in subjects with genetic susceptibility to vitiligo. This has been increasing rapidly in incidence in recent decades in developing countries like India. The term '
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