Vitiligo
"Vitiligo" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disorder consisting of areas of macular depigmentation, commonly on extensor aspects of extremities, on the face or neck, and in skin folds. Age of onset is often in young adulthood and the condition tends to progress gradually with lesions enlarging and extending until a quiescent state is reached.
| Descriptor ID |
D014820
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.621.440.895
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Vitiligo" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Vitiligo" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vitiligo" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Samanta D, Ramakrishnaiah R, Crary SE, Sukumaran S, Burrow TA. Multiple Autoimmune Disorders in Aicardi-Gouti?res Syndrome. Pediatr Neurol. 2019 07; 96:37-39.
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Bagherani N, Smoller BR, Lotti T. Vitamin D supplementation for vitiligo. Dermatol Ther. 2017 11; 30(6).
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Bagherani N, Smoller BR. Efficacy of bimatoprost in the treatment of non-facial vitiligo. Dermatol Ther. 2017 Mar; 30(2).