how to cite this article: mansouri nejad se, yazdan panah mj, tayyebi meibodi n, ashrafzadeh f, akhondian j, beiraghi toosi m, eslamieh h. griscelli syndrome: a case report. iran j child neurol. 2014 autumn;8(4): 72-75. objective griscelli syndrome (gs) is a rare autosomal recessive immune deficiency disorder that presents with pigmentary dilution of the skin and hair, recurrent skin and pulmon...

Since its use was first reported by 8rowne and Hogerzeil in 1962 ('0. /I), 8663, a synthesized phenazine dye, has proven to be an effective drug in the treatment of human leprosy and its use has become worldwide ( 2.7.9 " . 26. 3~. 39. 52. 5.1 ). The most significant and frequent side effect of this compound is an abnormal skin coloration. This can be divided into two types. One is an initial r...

A research study was carried out on the indirect selection efforts amongst small scale holders of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats based on coat pigmentation and wattle types in Ogbomoso, Nigeria using personal interviews and structured questionnaires given using simple random on-farm techniques. The questionnaires were focused on the ownership distribution, preferred pigmentation and wattle type...

Melanocytes are highly specialised dendritic cells that transfer melanin to keratinocytes in subcellular lysosome-like organelles called melanosomes, where is synthesised and stored. Melanin a complex pigment provides colour photoprotection the skin, hair, eyes of mammals. The regulation melanogenesis includes various mechanisms factors including genetic, environmental, endocrine factors. Knowl...

Oral Malignant Melanoma (OMM) are the most frequent neoplasmsin dogs older than 10 years, and represent up to 7% of all malignant tumors in dog. Small breeds, with especially heavily pigmented oral mucosa greater risk get disease. The outcome OMM is related clinical stage at presentation e.g. tumor size, presence local or distant spread metastases, absence ulceration anatomic site. treatment co...

background although, melasma is most prevalent among asian young women, and also darkly pigmented individuals are particularly prone to developing post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, to the best of our knowledge, there are rare or no studies about the association of melasma and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. results we found out that 24.1% of patients without melasma had post-acne pigmen...