Genetic susceptibility to vitiligo: Recent progress from genome-wide association studies

• Main Authors: Zheng Zhang (Author), Leihong Flora Xiang (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Generalized vitiligo (GV) is a complicated disease in which patchy depigmentation results from the autoimmune loss of melanocytes from affected regions. It may follow a pattern of polygenetic or multifactorial inheritance. Previously, a number of genetic susceptibility factors have been identified t...