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==History==
==History==
[[Vitiligo]] is one of the most common diseases of [[depigmentation]]. It affects 0.5% to 1% of the world population, without preference for a particular [[race]], [[gender]], [[age]] or country. For patients presenting for the first time with patches of [[skin]] [[depigmentation]], a thorough history and [[physical examination]] should be performed, including examination under the ''Wood's lamp'' in order to rule out other potentially life-threatening disorders. The initial onset of the condition may be abrupt, however, afterwards it usually progresses slowly, with expansion of [[skin]] [[depigmentation]] with no concomitant [[symptoms]].<ref name="TaïebPicardo2009">{{cite journal|last1=Taïeb|first1=Alain|last2=Picardo|first2=Mauro|title=Vitiligo|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=360|issue=2|year=2009|pages=160–169|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp0804388}}</ref><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]] is one of the most common diseases of [[depigmentation]]. It affects 0.5% to 1% of the world population, without preference for a particular [[race]], [[gender]], [[age]] or country. For patients presenting for the first time with patches of [[skin]] [[depigmentation]], a thorough history and [[physical examination]] should be performed, including examination under the ''Wood's lamp'' in order to rule out other potentially life-threatening disorders. The initial onset of the condition may be abrupt, however, afterwards it usually progresses slowly, with expansion of [[skin]] [[depigmentation]] with no concomitant [[symptoms]].<ref name="TaïebPicardo2009">{{cite journal|last1=Taïeb|first1=Alain|last2=Picardo|first2=Mauro|title=Vitiligo|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=360|issue=2|year=2009|pages=160–169|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp0804388}}</ref><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="pmid831622">{{cite journal| author=Howitz J, Brodthagen H, Schwartz M, Thomsen K| title=Prevalence of vitiligo. Epidemiological survey on the Isle of Bornholm, Denmark. | journal=Arch Dermatol | year= 1977 | volume= 113 | issue= 1 | pages= 47-52 | pmid=831622 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=831622  }} </ref><ref name="pmid10651958">{{cite journal| author=Boisseau-Garsaud AM, Garsaud P, Calès-Quist D, Hélénon R, Quénéhervé C, Claire RC| title=Epidemiology of vitiligo in the French West Indies (Isle of Martinique). | journal=Int J Dermatol | year= 2000 | volume= 39 | issue= 1 | pages= 18-20 | pmid=10651958 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10651958  }} </ref>


==Common Symptoms==
==Common Symptoms==

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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

Vitiligo is one of the most common diseases of depigmentation. It affects 0.5% to 1% of the world population, without preference for a particular race, gender, age or country. For patients presenting for the first time with patches of skin depigmentation, a thorough history and physical examination should be performed, including examination under the Wood's lamp in order to rule out other potentially life-threatening disorders. The initial onset of the condition may be abrupt, however, afterwards it usually progresses slowly, with expansion of skin depigmentation with no concomitant symptoms.[3][4][5][6]

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References

  1. Soutor, Carol (2013). Clinical dermatology. New York: McGraw-Hill Education/Lange Medical Books. ISBN 978-0-07-177296-9.
  2. 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.
  3. Taïeb, Alain; Picardo, Mauro (2009). "Vitiligo". New England Journal of Medicine. 360 (2): 160–169. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp0804388. ISSN 0028-4793.
  4. Soutor, Carol (2013). Clinical dermatology. New York: McGraw-Hill Education/Lange Medical Books. ISBN 978-0-07-177296-9.
  5. Howitz J, Brodthagen H, Schwartz M, Thomsen K (1977). "Prevalence of vitiligo. Epidemiological survey on the Isle of Bornholm, Denmark". Arch Dermatol. 113 (1): 47–52. PMID 831622.
  6. Boisseau-Garsaud AM, Garsaud P, Calès-Quist D, Hélénon R, Quénéhervé C, Claire RC (2000). "Epidemiology of vitiligo in the French West Indies (Isle of Martinique)". Int J Dermatol. 39 (1): 18–20. PMID 10651958.

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