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Psychosis in Three Patients with Vitiligo
Psychotic disorders have been observed in association with some autoimmune disorders. Moreover, autoimmune mechanisms have been recently considered in evaluation of schizophrenia spectrum disease managements. Vitiligo is one of the autoimmune diseases, but there is no report of vitiligo association with psychosis. We report three patients with vitiligo and schizophrenia spectrum disease that ar...
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BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence suggests that vitiligo is a systemic disease affecting the entire pigmentary system. AIM To investigate the subclinical abnormalities of melanin-containing cellular elements of the auditory system in patients with vitiligo. METHODS We studied the conventional audiometric investigations and brainstem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) of 57 active patients wit...
متن کاملNail abnormalities in patients with vitiligo*
BACKGROUND Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentary skin disorder affecting 0.1-4% of the general population. The nails may be affected in patients with an autoimmune disease such as psoriasis, and in those with alopecia areata. It has been suggested that nail abnormalities should be apparent in vitiligo patients. OBJECTIVE We sought to document the frequency and clinical presentation of nail abnor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.90940