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Early disease onset and increased risk of other autoimmune diseases in familial generalized vitiligo.
Pigment cell research - 1 Aug 2005
Laberge Greggory, Mailloux Christina M, Gowan Katherine, Holland Paulene, Bennett Dorothy C, Fain Pamela R, Spritz Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Generalized vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder in which acquired white patches of skin and overlying hair result from autoimmune loss of melanocytes from involved areas. Although usually sporadic, family clustering of vitiligo may occur, in a non-Mendelian pattern typical of multifactorial, polyg...
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