Focus on Vitiligo: A Generalized Skin Disorder
Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentation disorder due to a disappearance of functioning melanocytes from the epidermis and clinically characterized by achromic patches, often spreading over time. It is still not fully understood how melanocytes disappear in vivo , inducing these peculiar lesions. There...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2006-01-01
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Series: | European Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X0600400103 |