A Family Study of Vitiligo Patterns
| Autor: | R. B. Goudie, B. M. Goudie, Carol Wilkieson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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Male Adolescent Vitiligo 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Autoimmune Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy Diseases in Twins Twins Dizygotic Genetic predisposition Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine First-degree relatives skin and connective tissue diseases Aged Genetics Autoimmune disease integumentary system business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Immunology Female business Identical twins |
| Zdroj: | Scottish Medical Journal. 28:338-342 |
| ISSN: | 2045-6441 0036-9330 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/003693308302800405 |
| Popis: | The anatomical distribution of vitiligo has been studied in families with evidence of organ-specific autoimmune disease. No examples of similar pattern inheritance were found in first degree relatives in contrast to published reports of similar vitiligo patterns in identical twins. The genetic predisposition to develop vitiligo apparently allows for a diversity of anatomical pattern. A similar mechanism may be responsible for the occurrence of different organ-specific autoimmune diseases in members of the same family. |
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