Vitiligo - Part 1

• Hoofdauteurs: Roberto Gomes Tarlé (Auteur), Liliane Machado do Nascimento (Auteur), Marcelo Távora Mira (Auteur), Caio Cesar Silva de Castro (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Onderwerpen: article
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Vitiligo is a chronic stigmatizing disease, already known for millennia, which mainly affects melanocytes from epidermis basal layer, leading to the development of hypochromic and achromic patches. Its estimated prevalence is 0.5% worldwide. The involvement of genetic factors controlling susceptibil...