Autoantibody responses to melanocytes in the depigmenting skin disease vitiligo

Abstract Vitiligo is an acquired hypomelanotic disorder characterised by circumscribed depigmented macules in the skin resulting from the loss of functional melanocytes. Population surveys have shown a prevalence ranging from 0.38 to 1.13%. The frequent association of vitiligo with autoimmune diseas...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Autoimmunity reviews 2007-01, Vol.6 (3), p.138-142
Hauptverfasser:	Kemp, E. Helen, Gavalas, Nikos G, Gawkrodger, David J, Weetman, Anthony P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Allergy and Immunology Autoantibodies - blood Autoantibodies - immunology Autoantibody Autoimmunity Humans Melanocyte Melanocytes - immunology Melanocytes - pathology Vitiligo Vitiligo - immunology
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