Open AccessThe psychosocial impact of vitiligo in Indian patients
Author(s) -
M Ramam,
Pooja Pahwa,
Manju Mehta,
BinodK Khaitan,
VinodK Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology venereology and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/0378-6323.116737
Subject(s) - vitiligo , psychosocial , disease , medicine , nonprobability sampling , leprosy , stigma (botany) , depigmentation , social stigma , psychiatry , dermatology , family medicine , pathology , environmental health , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Vitiligo has a special significance in Indian patients both because depigmentation is obvious on darker skin and the enormous stigma associated with the disease in the culture.
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