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Patients with vitiligo, alopecia areata at increased risk for atopic dermatitis

Girish C. Mohan, MD, and Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, conducted a literature search of Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar and 12 additional journals from 1946 to April 5, 2014, to compare the prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) among patients with either vitiligo or alopecia areata (AA) and those without either disorder There …

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DNA variation that makes Gujaratis susceptible to vitiligo identified

Researchers of M S University’s Department of Biochemistry have identified the prevalence of a DNA sequence variation that makes Gujaratis susceptible to vitiligo, a skin disorder in which white patches of skin appear on different parts of the body. Gujarat and Rajasthan are known to have highest prevalence of vitiligo. It affects over eight percent …

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