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... Vitiligo is a skin condition in which there is loss of pigment from areas of skin resulting in irregular white patches with normal skin texture.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000831.htm#Def...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000831.htm#Definition
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The site is intended to educate the reader about a surgical method of treating those who have lost skin pigment from injuries (burns) ,congenital disorders such as piebaldism, and as a result of the disease, vitiligo. ... Vitiligo is a disfiguring medical disease whose cause is unknown. The disease causes destruction or loss...
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www.vitiligo.net/
www.vitiligo.net/
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Vitiligo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vitiligo (pronounced /ˌvɪtəl.ˈaɪɡoʊ/ ( listen) , /ˌvɪtɨˈlaɪɡoʊ/ ) is a chronic disorder that causes depigmentation in patches of skin. It occurs when the melanocytes, the cells respon...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo
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Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, research and treatment of vitiligo, an incurable pigmentation disorder and autoimmune disease that causes white patches (depigmentation) on the skin. ... The most widely accepted view is that the depigmentation occurs because vitiligo is an autoimmune disease -- a disease in which a person...
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www.medicinenet.com/vitiligo/article.htm
www.medicinenet.com/vitiligo/article.htm
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The usual type of vitiligo is called 'Vitiligo Vulgaris' (means: common vitiligo). Variant types include linear, segmental, trichrome and inflammatory vitiligo. This disease affects an estimated 1% of the world's population.
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www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/vitiligo.html
www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologic_diseases/vitiligo.html
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This is a public information piece ... The most widely accepted view is that the depigmentation occurs because vitiligo is an autoimmune disease – a disease in which a person's immune system reacts against the body's own organs or tissues.
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www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Vitiligo/default.asp
www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Vitiligo/default.asp
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Vitiligo: a skin disease. ... How can we understand whether we have vitiligo or not? It is quite simple because there are very explicit signs of vitiligo disease. Vitiligo is characterized by unpigmented skin and milky white patches. Most of the time, those of the patches are symmetrically placed in our body.
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healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/what-is-vitiligo/
healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/what-is-vitiligo/
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Probands' unaffected siblings have elevated frequencies of most of these same autoimmune diseases, particularly if the proband had non-vitiligo autoimmune disease. Familial generalized vitiligo is thus characterized by earlier disease onset and a broader repertoire of associated autoimmune diseases than sporadic vitiligo.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16029422
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What causes vitiligo? ... Who is affected by vitiligo? ... What is the association of vitiligo with autoimmune disease?
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www.antivitiligo.com/vitiligo/
www.antivitiligo.com/vitiligo/
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