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Vitiligo: current medical and scientific understanding.
Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Societa italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia - 1 Feb 2011
Boissy R E, Nordlund J J
Abstract excerpt
Vitiligo is a relatively common acquired skin depigmentary disease with a complex presentation, therapy, and etiology. Both the prognosis and therapeutic response for patients with vitiligo is unpredictable. Multiple current therapies exist however the efficacy of these are not optimal. The cause of vitiligo appears to be a combination of genetic effects in both the immune system and the melanocyte itself with a...
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