Evidence for an Autoimmune Pathogenesis of Vitiligo
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- 5 March 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Pigment Cell Research
- Vol. 16 (2) , 90-100
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00023.x
Abstract
Vitiligo is a depigmenting disorder characterized by the development of white patches in various distributions, which are due to the loss of melanocytes from the epidermis. A variety of arguments fro...Keywords
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