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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Spritz RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988443 | biostudies-other | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Genome medicine 20101019 10
Generalized vitiligo (GV) is the most common pigmentation disease, in which white spots of skin and overlying hair result from loss of melanocytes from the involved regions. GV is a complex disease involving both genetic predisposition and unknown environmental triggers. Whereas various pathogenetic mechanisms have been suggested, most evidence supports an autoimmune basis for this disease. Recently, three different genome-wide association studies of GV have been reported, identifying a total of ...[more]