Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Variant of TYR and Autoimmunity Susceptibility Loci in Generalized Vitiligo

2010; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 362; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejmoa0908547

ISSN

1533-4406

Autores

Ying Jin, Stanca A. Birlea, Pamela R. Fain, Katherine Gowan, Sheri L. Riccardi, Paulene J. Holland, Christina M. Mailloux, Alexandra Sufit, Saunie M. Hutton, Anita Amadi‐Myers, Dorothy C. Bennett, Margaret R. Wallace, Wayne T. McCormack, E. Helen Kemp, David J. Gawkrodger, Anthony P. Weetman, Mauro Picardo, Giovanni Leone, Alain Taı̈eb, Thomas Jouary, Khaled Ezzedine, N. van Geel, Jo Lambert, Andreas Overbeck, Richard A. Spritz,

Tópico(s)

Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques

Resumo

Generalized vitiligo is an autoimmune disease characterized by melanocyte loss, which results in patchy depigmentation of skin and hair, and is associated with an elevated risk of other autoimmune diseases.

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