Open AccessNonsegmental vitiligo follows Blaschko's lines and embryonic pigmentary segments
Author(s) -
Nilendu Sarma
Publication year - 2020
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/ijdvl.ijdvl_790_18
Subject(s) - vitiligo , pigmentation disorder , dermatology , palpebral fissure , biology , pathology , medicine , anatomy
Pathogenic mechanism that determines the localization of vitiligo patches and thus a patterned distribution in patients with nonsegmental vitiligo has remained poorly elucidated. A distributional similarity of the vitiligo patches with Blaschko's lines has been documented in patients with segmental vitiligo, both isolated segmental vitiligo and mixed vitiligo but never in cases of nonsegmental vitiligo.
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