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[[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>
==History and Symptoms==


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:39, 25 June 2014

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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]

History and Symptoms

References

  1. Soutor, Carol (2013). Clinical dermatology. New York: McGraw-Hill Education/Lange Medical Books. ISBN 978-0-07-177296-9.

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