Open AccessStudy of oxidative stress in peripheral blood of Indian vitiligo patients
Author(s) -
Sudha S Deo,
Ameya R Bhagat,
Rajnikant N Shah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.120637
Subject(s) - medicine , vitiligo , peripheral blood , oxidative stress , peripheral , dermatology
Vitiligo is an acquired skin disease that involves the interplay of complex genetic, immunological, neural and self-destructive mechanisms in its pathogenesis. According to autocytotoxic hypothesis, oxidative stress has been suggested to be the initial pathogenic event in melanocyte degeneration.