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Vitiligo--part 1.
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Tarlé Roberto Gomes, Nascimento Liliane Machado do, Mira Marcelo Távora, Castro Caio Cesar Silva de
Abstract excerpt
Vitiligo is a chronic stigmatizing disease, already known for millennia, which mainly affects melanocytes from epidermis basal layer, leading to the development of hypochromic and achromic patches. Its estimated prevalence is 0.5% worldwide. The involvement of genetic factors controlling susceptibility to vitiligo has been studied over the last decades, and results of previous studies present vitiligo as a...
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