Role of hepatitis B and C viruses in the etiopathogenesis of vitiligo [2]

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 506-507

  Arican, Ozer ^a,b   Sasmaz, Sezai ^a   Kokoglu, Omer Faruk ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b S A Cavus M Alparslan Turkes   (Turkey)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; Pathogenesis; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VITILIGO;

EID: 3142592228     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00544.x     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Grimes PE, Sevall JS, Vojdani A: Cytomegalovirus DNA identified in skin biopsy specimens of patients with vitiligo, J Am Acad Dermatol, 35: 21-26, 1996.
2. Cho M, Cohen PR, Duvic M: Vitiligo and alopecia in patients with human immunodeficiency virus, South Med J, 88: 489-491, 1995.
3. Iverson MV: Hypothesis: Vitiligo virus, Pigment Cell Res, 13: 281-282, 2000.
4. Graham-Brown RAC, Sarkany I: The hepatobiliery system and the skin, in Freedberg IM, Eisen AZ, Wolff K, Austen KF, Goldsmith LA, Katz SI, Fitzpatrick TB (eds): Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 5th ed, McGraw Hill, New York, 1999, pp 1918-1929.
5. Adiloglu AK, Basak PY, Baysal V: Clinical evaluation of vitiligo and its relationship with viral hepatitis, J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol, 17: 365-366, 2003.
6. Yamamoto T, Nishioka K: Vitiligo vulgaris associated with Hepatitis C virus, J Dermatol, 27: 416-417, 2000.
7. Podanyi B, Lengyel G, Harsing J, Becker K, Horvath A: Skin diseases associated with chronic Hepatitis C, Orv Hetil, 139: 1633-1637, 1998.