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Analysis of allelic variants in the catalase gene in patients with the skin depigmenting disorder vitiligo.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 14 Jul 2006
Gavalas Nikos G, Akhtar Samia, Gawkrodger David J, Watson Philip F, Weetman Anthony P, Kemp E Helen
Abstract excerpt
Vitiligo is an acquired hypomelanotic skin disorder characterised by circumscribed depigmented macules resulting from the loss of functional melanocytes from the cutaneous epidermis. Conditions that might result in epidermal oxidative stress and consequently damage to pigment cells have been repo...
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