Vitiligo and Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders

Vitiligo and Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders

Vitiligo represents the most common cause of acquired skin, hair, and oral depigmentation, affecting 0.5–1% of the population worldwide. It is clinically characterized by the appearance of disfiguring circumscribed skin macules following melanocyte destruction by autoreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes...

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Main Authors: Enke Baldini, Teresa Odorisio, Salvatore Sorrenti, Antonio Catania, Francesco Tartaglia, Giovanni Carbotta, Daniele Pironi, Roberta Rendina, Eleonora D’Armiento, Severino Persechino, Salvatore Ulisse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
vitiligo
autoimmune thyroid diseases
tyrosinase
TSH receptor
thyroglobulin
reactive oxygen species
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00290/full

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