Early disease onset and increased risk of other autoimmune diseases in familial generalized vitiligo

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 300-305

  Laberge, Greggory ^a   Mailloux, Christina M ^a   Gowan, Katherine ^a   Holland, Paulene ^a   Bennett, Dorothy C ^b   Fain, Pamela R ^a   Spritz, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome; Diabetes mellitus; Multiple autoimmune disease; Pernicious anemia; Psoriasis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ADDISON DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; ONSET AGE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PSORIASIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; PEDIGREE; PSORIASIS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; VITILIGO;

EID: 22744433286     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2005.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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