Diseases

Vitiligo

A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation, commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the face or neck, and in skin folds. Age of onset is often in young adulthood and the condition tends to progress gradually with lesions enlarging and extending until a quiescent state is reached.

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A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation, commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the face or neck, and in skin folds. Age of onset is often in young adulthood and the condition tends to progress gradually with lesions enlarging and extending until a quiescent state is reached.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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macular depigmentation

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  1. C17.800w.621w.440w.895w

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WR 265

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vitiligo. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014820. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014820
  2. Vitiligo. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitiligo
  3. Vitiligo. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180152