Difference in clinical features and HLA antigens between familial and non-familial vitiligo of non-segmental type.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb03167.x

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Difference in clinical features and HLA antigens between familial and non-familial vitiligo of non-segmental type.

The British journal of dermatology - 1 Oct 1993

Ando I, Chi H I, Nakagawa H, Otsuka F

Abstract excerpt

Of 131 patients with non-segmental vitiligo studied, 29 (22%) had a family history of this disorder. The clinical features and HLA antigens were assessed, and a comparison made between patients with familial and those with non-familial, non-segmental vitiligo. Familial patients developed skin les...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Antibodies, Antinuclear
Autoantibodies
Child
Child, Preschool
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
HLA Antigens
Humans
Infant
Microsomes
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Thyroglobulin
Vitiligo

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