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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Vitiligo]] constitutes one of the most frequent [[pigment]] disorders, affecting about 1% of the world's population, with no preference of [[race]], age, [[gender]], or country. It commonly starts to manifest around the second decade of life, with a gradual progress of [[depigmentation]], mostly due to loss of [[melanocytes]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Soutor | first = Carol | title = Clinical dermatology | publisher = McGraw-Hill Education/Lange Medical Books | location = New York | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-0-07-177296-9 }}</ref> | [[Vitiligo]] constitutes one of the most frequent [[pigment]] disorders, affecting about 1% of the world's population, with no preference of [[race]], age, [[gender]], or country. It commonly starts to manifest around the second decade of life, with a gradual progress of [[depigmentation]], mostly due to loss of [[melanocytes]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Soutor | first = Carol | title = Clinical dermatology | publisher = McGraw-Hill Education/Lange Medical Books | location = New York | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-0-07-177296-9 }}</ref><ref name="TaïebPicardo2007">{{cite journal|last1=Taïeb|first1=Alain|last2=Picardo|first2=Mauro|title=The definition and assessment of vitiligo: a consensus report of the Vitiligo European Task Force|journal=Pigment Cell Research|volume=20|issue=1|year=2007|pages=27–35|issn=0893-5785|doi=10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00355.x}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Vitiligo constitutes one of the most frequent pigment disorders, affecting about 1% of the world's population, with no preference of race, age, gender, or country. It commonly starts to manifest around the second decade of life, with a gradual progress of depigmentation, mostly due to loss of melanocytes.[1][2]
History
Common Symptoms
Less Common Symptoms
References
- ↑ Soutor, Carol (2013). Clinical dermatology. New York: McGraw-Hill Education/Lange Medical Books. ISBN 978-0-07-177296-9.
- ↑ Taïeb, Alain; Picardo, Mauro (2007). "The definition and assessment of vitiligo: a consensus report of the Vitiligo European Task Force". Pigment Cell Research. 20 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00355.x. ISSN 0893-5785.