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Genetic variations in NALP1 are associated with generalized vitiligo in a Romanian population.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Nov 2007
Jin Ying, Birlea Stanca A, Fain Pamela R, Spritz Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Generalized vitiligo is a common, multifactorial, polygenic disease in which autoimmune loss of melanocytes results in depigmented spots of skin, overlying hair, and mucous membranes. In Caucasian families from the United States of America and United Kingdom, susceptibility to generalized vitiligo and associated autoimmune diseases is genetically associated with variants of NALP1, encoding NACHT leucine-rich...
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