Subjective versus objective recognition of facial vitiligo lesions: detection of subclinical lesions by Wood's light

• Main Authors: Tag S Anbar (Author), Mona A Atwa (Author), Rasha T Abdel-Aziz (Author), Rehab A Hegazy (Author), Sarah I Ibrahim (Author), Rabab M El Genedy (Author), Ahmed A Afify (Author), Mohammed T Anbar (Author), Carmen I Farid (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Visual recognition of alteration in the skin color depends upon the contrast between altered areas and their surrounding background color. The maximum contrast in vitiligo exists in dark-complexioned patients between depigmented white patches and unaffected background dark skin. On the ot...