Childhood- and later-onset vitiligo have diverse epidemiologic and clinical characteristics

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 954-958

  Nicolaidou, Electra ^a   Antoniou, Christina ^a   Miniati, Alexandra ^a   Lagogianni, Eirini ^a   Matekovits, Athina ^a   Stratigos, Alex ^a   Katsambas, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

childhood vitiligo; clinical presentation; epidemiology; thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYROID DISEASES; VITILIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955164396     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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